Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day

On the bleak and windswept Craggy Island somewhere off the coast of western Ireland, Father Ted Crilly and his housekeeper Mrs. Doyle are tasked with keeping the not-very-bright Father Dougal McGuire and the raging alcoholic Father Jack Hackett out of trouble. Unfortunately, God is not on Father Ted's side so he spends most of his time attempting to remove himself and his colleagues of the cloth from totally bizarre situations instead of caring for the needs of his parishioners.

As the BBC Guide to Comedy puts it, "Dougal, his young protégé, is strangely obtuse and stupendously dense, with a habit of asking blindingly obvious questions (if Ted is reading a book, Dougal inevitably asks, 'Are you reading a book, Ted?') that seriously irritates Ted and leads to a torrent of un-priest-like language."

There's hope for the Dougals of Erin, however, because Doogle: The Feckin' Search Engine of Ireland is outa beta. Enter a search term and Doogle will, unbidden, add an extra word such as "Connemara, leprechaun, arse" to the query. Ted would have approved. Wonder if Larry Page and Sergey Brin think it's mighty craic, though? Bet they love the "Searching 12 web pages" bit.