Dear readers, of late I’ve been treated to whole new kind of spam.
It seems that across the globe, spammers are trying to appeal to my massive ego (and indeed the egos of others like me) and are trying to persuade me to publish their comments via flattery.
Mae West (I think) said
“Flattery will get you everywhere”.
Not on this blog baby.
I’m gonna get biblical (hold onto your hats) psalm 5:9 says:
“For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.”
Yep. I, a nonbeliever, just quoted the bible. But in this instance I’m definitely erring towards the teachings of the good book.
Beware the flatterer.
Does this mean I think that all forms of flattery are inherently evil? Nope, not at all; but spammers are…
…Erm, OK they’re not actually evil. Just a bit grubby. And perhaps a bit annoying.
But, back to the point - was there a point? (This post is meandering like… erm a bendy, winding, meandering thing.) Sometimes, I like to look at some of the totally insincere, automated spam comments and give myself a little pat on the back.
Vanity, huh? But all bloggers are a teensy tiny bit vain. Well, perhaps not all, but I am 
Here’s some of the lovely things people spammers have said:
“You write so well, you have a wonderfully engaging style; please write more.”
“Are you a journalist? The quality of your writing is amazing.”
“Have you lost weight? You look great.”*
*I made that one up. If you’d like to leave a comment like that it would make me very happy.
Image credit Roadsidepictures.
on Aug 27th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Have you lost weight? You look great!
on Aug 27th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I love you Emo xxx
on Sep 18th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
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