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I don’t like spam!

If there is one thing that I really don’t like about the Internet, it would have to be spam. Spam email is annoying, but easily deleted and often just filtered right out from the get go. But…When it comes to my website and some of the comments that I get in my blog postings… some of this spam is just plain irritating and will get the immediate deletion. That is why I have this site protected so that every comment needs to be approved.

Now, as much as spam gets under my skin, like that splinter you get under your fingernail (ouch!!!), and as quick as I am to delete anything that smells like spam, there are some that I will give a pass to. That is simply because the spammer has obviously at least read something on the page being commented, or has posted something that could be somewhat apropos to what I’ve posted and doesn’t reek of someone trying to bring traffic to their site. Of course I will check out the poster’s site before approving – I will NOT allow any site that is in any way inappropriate to me or my readers.

The other day, I got this little treasure of spam that is an absolute classic. The author of this amazingly abstract use of meaningless babble deserves at least some manner of recognition. I am going to approve this post, even though it has nothing what-so-ever to do with this site, or even something I had the slightest interest in, but, it is the sole reason I am sitting here writing this post today.

“I was scanning something else about this on another blog. Interesting. Your position on it is diametrically contradicted to what I read originally. I am still contemplating over the different points of view, but I’m leaning heavily toward yours. And irrespective, that’s what is so good about modernized democracy and the marketplace of ideas online.”
Bert Hermanus

Thank you Bert, whoever you are, for giving me something to chuckle about and wonder what the heck you’re saying. And for the record your comment is so diametrically opposed to anything even remotely in tune my website or the specific post you commented on. And what does democracy have to do with Spinach and Tomato Tarts anyway?

I now return you to the ordinary mundane, uncontradicted content.

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