Great post – you're describing the exact way I browse (right down to the forgetfulness). I thought I was the only one who did it that way- everyone else I've seen browse is too task focused to do it.

Yep, same thing happens to me. Luckily, I use a 'referrer' bookmarklet so when I forget why I opened that page I usually go to the referer, and remember it again.

I tend to do this a lot, but generally use Firefox's tabs and open links in new tabs. I also find I often have 2 or 3 Firefox windows open will looking up different things, with multiple tabs in each.

I wonder if Woking is a reference to the town in Berkshire?

Nathan, yes you are right about the reference "Woking". The idea behind Douglas Adams' and his pal's dictionary "The Meaning of Liff" was they used town-names for ideas which don't have a word yet.

Here are some more entries:
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Aldclune: One who collects ten-year-old telephone directories.

Babworth: Of waiters, never to have a pen.

Ballycumber: One of the six half-read books lying somewhere in your bed.

Clunes: People who just won't go.

Duddo: The most deformed potato in any given collection of potatoes.

Ewelme: The smile bestowed on you by an air hostess.

Fiunary*: The safe place you put something and then forget where it was.

Hoff: To deny indignantly something which is palpably true.
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*Actually I looked up "www.fiunary.com" yesterday and the domain is still up for grabs. I thought it would make a good name for a social software/ storage kind of website.

By the way, nice to see me and my girlfriend are indeed not alone! Also, I'm a Firefox user too.