dumb comment spam on blog

Occasionally I glance through the comment spam that Akismet catches from my blogs, just to see if any valid comments slip through.  All comment spam is dumb and stupid, because they’re trying to hijack our discussions to promote their website or products.  But some of it is especially dumb, which I decided to share, just for your amusement (or dismusment).

Hi,

Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade free download
More cheaply will not find

Yeah, you probably can’t find it cheaper than free…  although, really, the cost is that you may go to jail, since it’s piracy.

The following comments all came from same IP address, mostly on the same post:

  • I hate spammers! (
  • No more spam, man!
  • Spammers suck a lot
  • Delete this spam!
  • Spam really sucks( delete it
  • So much spam (
  • You have so much spam in here.. (

The irony is obvious, isn’t it?  What’s the point?  Will their rambling cause people to click on their website link?  I know it wouldn’t work for me…

That last one is really humorous to me, because the person saying there’s so much spam here is the one trying to put so much here!

a short, funny story

One of my friends told me the story of a guy they know who fixed lasagna for his family the other night, and then his wife said, “But I’m tired of mexican food…”  🙂

True story.

the missing April Fool’s post

On a site that specializes in randomness, you’d expect something on April Fool’s Day, but somehow it didn’t happen here.  I could make excuses for that, or I could just say, “I had stuff to do.”  (I’m choosing the latter.)  And so there was no post yesterday.  But there’s no need to be discouraged, because we provide randomness every day (almost), so you don’t have to wait until April 1 next year.  Our R&D department is hard at work developing new products which may or may not exist, and you’ll be hearing about more of them in the future.  (One of our more famous ones was a new shampoo made from real cocoa.)

A good source of April Fool’s Day hoaxes is Google.  They’ve had some really innovative products that happened to get released on April 1.  I found a listing of them all, if you want to peruse them : Google’s April Fool’s Day hoaxes.  Here’s a listing of them, to refresh your memory (or stir your curiosity) : Google MentalPlex, Pigeon Rank, Google Lunar/Copernicus Center, Google Gulp, Google Romance, Gmail Paper, Google TiSP.

I like the new ones (the last two listed).  Google TiSP offers free wireless Internet access through existing lines in your house : the sewer lines.  It interfaces with your toilet to provide access to the Internet.  And your packages can arrive through the sewer lines, so you don’t have to depend on UPS or FedEx.  I signed up…

And the Gmail Paper option is neat, too.  You can have your e-mails printed and mailed to you.  This is helpful for those people who miss sorting and filing their papers in cabinets and drawers.  And some people like having piles of papers in the floor of their bedroom, too, so this is really handy for them.  I’ve thought of adding a similar option to this blog, creating a “Print Blog” link, for everyone’s convenience, so you can read it while you’re on the toilet or on a long flight, or you can give a copy to someone who doesn’t have Internet access yet.

funny quotes that should make you laugh

People have varied tastes in the humor they appreciate, so it’s near impossible to guarantee what will make everyone laugh.  For example, there are actually some people who don’t find The 3 Stooges funny.  Go figure!  Anyway, here’s some funny, random quotes that, under normal circumstances, should make you laugh.  Even if you don’t laugh outloud or chuckle softly, perhaps you’ll at least be amused somewhat.  If none of those apply to you after finishing this post, perhaps you should consult a humorologist.  Don’t take your laughing too lightly.  It’s important that you laugh on a regular basis.  Now, on to the quotes!

People like lists. VH1 could count down the top 50 worst songs of all time, and people would watch to the bitter end. ~ Tom Merritt

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. ~ Lester “Roadhog” Moran

Saying something over and over again doesn’t make it true — unless, of course, you’re saying, “I’m obnoxious and repetitive.” ~ kremben

I treat people as if they were telephones.  If I meet somebody who I don’t think likes me, I say to myself, “Bob, this one’s temporarily out of order.”  You know.  Don’t break the connection.  Just hang up and try again. ~ What About Bob?

Boy, is my wife going to be surprised!  She always wanted to repaint the kitchen in a nice olive color, so while she’s away on business, I’m going to get busy with these fresh new rollers and gallons of black paint. ~ Brad Simanek

Give a man a piece of working code and you solve his problem.  Teach a man to write code and you give him a lifetime of new problems.

God never gives us more than we can handle.  Luckily, though, Bubba’s Big Boy Buffet does.

We need to know who wrote the Declaration of Independence and when to use an apostrophe in its, but more than that we need to know how to love to learn and how to totally entertain people at cocktail parties.  Do you think folks who use apostrophes right are the hit of cocktail parties?  Nope.  It’s those of us who can hypnotize chickens, every time.

I still think one of mankind’s greatest inventions is that little brown strip that appears in the bottom of my underwear to tell me when it’s time to wash them. ~ Michael F.