Google's CEO is sloppy, says an attendee at the Search Engine Strategies conference. "I just took a piss next to Eric [Schmidt] from Google, and he didnt wash his hands after," says this reader from Atlanta.

The Hindu Times, reporting on an India visit from Larry Page, says the Google co-founder "flew down to Madurai by a special plane." Just how special?

Oh Associated Press, you coy little news syndicate! How can you tease us with mentions of "friction bristling beneath the surface" of this week's Idaho media mogul retreat without sharing a story or two? Instead you leave us to imagine scenes like this:

No wonder the Google founders tried to seal court docs in a lawsuit over their jumbo jet. The juicy stories in there outclass the argument over Sergey's mile-high king-size bed. As the Mercury News gleefully points out, these docs reveal some ludicrous discussions between Larry Page and Sergey Brin, as told by the jet's former designer.

The Google jet being custom-fitted for founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin is a monumental achievement in the size wars of Silicon Valley billionaires. Larry and Sergey's Boeing 767 outclasses all other corporate jets in length. As shown above, its impressive girth also dwarfs those of lesser moguls.

The honeymoon's over for Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and it's pretty clear how their arguments will run for the next twenty-odd years. Larry's the do-gooder and Sergey's the bad boy.

Anyone who walks onto the personal jet of the Google co-founders will need a map, and how kind of the Wall Street Journal to provide one (no subscription needed)! (I labeled it so no one accidentally walks into Larry Page's room when they meant to jump on Sergey Brin's California king-size bed.)

The Wall Street Journal blesses us with an investigative report on the Google founders' private plane. Aviation designer Leslie Jennings reports on the project to remodel an old 767 for Sergey Brin and Larry Page's personal use.

Yahoo! The Google boys are racing to the altar. This reader saw the "Eric Schmidt gets engaged" post, but she says that the Google CEO isn't the only one — his boss Larry Page won the ring-toss too.

Sergey Brin always keeps a low profile online. The Google co-founder's message about installing a humidifier makes him the dullest Usenet poster ever, and the empty Orkut profile doesn't help.

Google Blogoscoped went and did it — the search blog revealed info from the Orkut profiles of major Googlers to the unwashed, uninvited masses.

Now this is how to act when you bump into a Valley celeb! The blogger at Swanktastic spotted Google co-founder Larry Page and his brilliant Stanford love, Lucy Southworth, at a Palo Alto Taco Del Mar.

Quick thoughts for this morning:

Are the public faces of Google all wagging the dog by seeding their own gossip? One reader says the Google soap opera is scripted. But watch where you step in this sticky conspiracy theory — sprinkle some "sic"s and "alleged"s in there. Before the jump, the theorist gives the mounting evidence. After the jump, their theories.

Google fiascos, Spring 2006 edition:

Two highlights from Google's Analyst Day (which always goes better than Press Day, natch):

A reader counters the report that Larry Page (pictured, top) is checking out rings. Looks like he and his Google co-founder Sergey Brin (pictured, bottom) are still holding off on their personal mergers. At this rate, Eric Schmidt (pictured, monkey in the middle) will hook up (again) before his bosses do.

A theoretically trustworthy source (can we upgrade to "demonstrably knowledgable"? Anyone?) passes on another tip for Google Founder Hitch Watch:

A reader sends an update on the Google founder hitch watch. So far, we heard that either Sergey Brin or Larry Page got engaged, but we had no idea which one. Based on this report, either Sergey and Anne are the (alleged) engaged couple, or Larry can't afford a ring yet:

Looks like someone's in for a big argument about the prenup love! A terribly unconfirmed rumor says that one of the Google founders got engaged.