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Monday, August 29, 2005

Are You A Mammal?

I have turned on the word verification feature where, when commenting, you just type in a series of random letters to prove that you are not a spam-inducing software program. The spambots have been hitting pretty hard lately so hopefully this will help. We'll see.

Update- In the comments, Girl With An Alibi finds a new way to have fun with word verification: "Have you guys played the acronym game with word verification? Fun times, I tell ya, fun times.

wckcz

Wise children keep crayons zipped."

Sheryl's verification letters and response:

ODUGM

"Oprah doesn't understand grown men"

See? World verification is only a little bit of a nuisance and even fun for the imaginative. It's certainly better than all of the spam I've been getting.

Thanks.

9 Comments:

  • At 3:20 AM, Blogger Sheryl said…

    Hi Fellow Blogger,

    You really have a cool blog!

    If you are into real estate, sex toys, or other assorted gizzmos, drop by my blog today!

    Or call 1-800-NEW-SPAM!

    Sorry, I just wouldn't want you going into spam withdrawl if it all ends too quickly. ;-)

     
  • At 3:28 AM, Blogger Samwick said…

    AAAhhh!!

    You're right. I should probably order the "spam patch", go off it slowly. Maybe there's a spam equivalent of nicorette.

     
  • At 12:24 PM, Blogger Sheryl said…

    [Sentimental dreamy look.] Whenever I think of nicotine patches, I think of my old fantasy about marketing Nicotine Patch Kids dolls.

    OK, shut up, Sheryl. I'll stop here because I could see myself going off on a tangent telling you all about that, and it has nothing to do with what you are discussing. I'm such a master of tangents. X-) Yikes!

     
  • At 3:57 PM, Blogger Snave said…

    Or maybe S.S., otherwise known as Spamaholics Synonymous.

    I love trying to say some of these words I get to type to prove I am a nippled creature. Like the one for this message: "bgvduh"!
    Well, hey.... "bgvduh" ROCKS!!

     
  • At 9:50 PM, Blogger Sheryl said…

    I think you may have something there, Snave. I know if I don't get my daily dose of viagra ads I start worrying that my email is being lost. Then I have the withdrawl convulsions on the floor. It's very unbecoming.

     
  • At 10:06 PM, Blogger Girl With An Alibi said…

    Have you guys played the acronym game with word verification? Fun times, I tell ya, fun times.

    wckcz
    Wise children keep crayons zipped.

     
  • At 1:39 AM, Blogger Sheryl said…

    Hi Girl With An Alibi,

    I hadn't tried that. Let me see what I got....

    ODUGM

    Oprah doesn't understand grown men. X-)

    This does seem like a nice way to exercise the imagination. :-) Nice idea.

     
  • At 2:36 PM, Blogger Sheryl said…

    Hey Matt,

    By integrating your comments back into your original post you managed to comment without playing the game.

    I think you should have to make an extra long acronym to compensate for sidestepping the rules: flksdhgerolfgsnfhrj

    Now, let's see. What have I got? Geez!

    ZVKRHQS

    Zettner very kindly reinforces high quality standards.

     
  • At 10:43 AM, Blogger Girl With An Alibi said…

    Well I can't take credit for the acronym game. I saw it on another blog and started playing but I think it started somewhere else and just kinda memed itself around.

    Old yeller hates clever young indians.

    oyhcyi

     

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