spam comments

Every once in a while, as I empty out the thousands of SPAM comments that are captured before ever getting to the blog … I like to go through them and see what they are up to.

Some of them are quite hilarious.

And others make me shake my head.

I always wonder if it’s somebody sitting somewhere on a computer, getting paid like $1 per post they submit…

Anyway, on with the show!

From one of the posts for the February 2014 Photo Blogging Challenge:

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I’d like to know how they located my blog, as well as any funds. Can I get some of that loot?

This one was from my Atlantic City post from not too long ago:

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I efficiently much like the style to my blog, too. Thanks! (And, yes, I customize my posts).

This next one came from a post I did on a product review for sunglasses a few years ago:

You clean your eyeglasses regularly.You should wash your lenses with warm water and a mild soap. This will remove dirt, grime and oils. Then dry the lenses with a dedicated lens cloth or non-abrasive cloth, cotton works well. Avoid using paper towels or similar wipes as these can actually cause damage to the lens.

I sure do clean my glasses regularly. If I didn’t, I probably wouldn’t see well. Thanks for the tips.

This one came from a post several years ago — when we went to states for softball.

After I initially commented I seem to have clicked on the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and now each time a comment is added I recieve 4 emails with the same comment. Perhaps there is an easy method you can remove me from that service? Thank you!

For the record, despite knowing this was SPAM, I checked. This person wasn’t subscribed. Go figure!

Remember my Summer of Baseball Tour this year? This one came from the trip to State College, Pa.

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Thanks for the update. I’ll pass that along!

If you read my blog at all, you know every Saturday I post something called Snapshot Saturday, which is an old family/friend photo. This was from one of those:

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Does that mean you’ll be facing looking at old family photos, too?

Apparently that State College post was popular. Here’s another:

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I’m very happy to hear this. It was sad when the milk became tainted.

And finally, from a post several years old…

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It’s that time again.

It seems I get so many spam messages on a daily basis. And they never seem to amaze me with what they post. The even better part is they usually make no sense to the blog post they post to.

Go figure.

Let’s take a peek at a few for a Monday laugh. Remember, all I do is cut and paste these — I don’t edit or change. Therefore typos are all on the “person” commenting.

And we start with …

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This one was on a post about a geocaching event.

Say what? Apparently Obama and Mitt Romney were involved with the event?

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Is that so? I guess I am not supposed to know the full context of said comment?

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This one attempted to be on a short post from 2007. The topic? Baseball playoffs. Yeah, seems like a legit comment.

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No problem. I will continue writing. Thanks for your spam comment. Don’t continue that.

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I don’t even know where to start here…

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Makes sense to me, you?

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OK, now these are making my head spin. I know it’s all somehow automated, and I’m fully thankful for a spam-catching plugin, but sheesh! The sad part is, these spam things get through on other people’s blogs and it messes the comments up as people don’t want to read through these things.

And yes, I know you want one more. Let me leave you with this beauty:

Setsuko Chiba was introduced to pachinko by her husband. When they split up, she continued to play regularly for 15 years, using it as supplementary income to support her family. “It was part of the same chain pachinko, cigarettes and cans of coffee,” explained Chiba. Trolleys laden with drinks and food for sale are continuously pushed around the parlours, encouraging people to stay longer. Like other pros, she targeted new machines — which are programmed to give out frequent winnings over the first few days to attract new customers — and her average win was around 70,000 yen on a good day. She also made large losses, and over the years her teeth and eyesight declined from neglect and hours spent at the machines. When her children complained of her long absences, it was a wake up call. She used her winnings to transition toward a more legitimate use of her gambling skills, becoming a self-employed stockbroker. She gave up smoking and pachinko at the same time, two taboos for Japanese women.

Yeah, absorb that one.

Time to delete. Done. I’m sure there will be plenty more soon enough.

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The comments seem to be getting better.

With that in mind, I think I’m going to likely make this a monthly feature. I’ll go through and get some of the best “spam comments” that arrive on the blog and share them with you.

I have to be honest, though. Wherever this spam is coming from, it’s getting more creative. And, at times, they almost make sense. Almost.

Oh, and for the record, since the last time I ran a comments post, I have more than 9,000 messages in the spam folder. Soon, that will be zero. At least for a little while.

So, without further ado, let’s continue with some of the best spam comments I’ve recently had.

This one is a doozy. This comment appears on a post where I talk about the importance of triple-checking coordinates when placing a geocache.

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I’m trying to figure out why he needs my permission to return?

This next one came from a post I titled “Get me re-write,” originally posted in 2011 and talking about me needing to re-write my resume.

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Your comment is written in a way that I don’t think I’d ever understand!

In this next one, I believe I found a fan! This came on a post that tackled whether or not it would be fun to go back to college.

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I will continue to share good “informations” and I do appreciate you thinking I ROCK! (For the record, I do.)

The flattering comments keep coming, too! This one came from a post about a disc golf Ace Race tournament, which originally was featured on my other blog.

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I’m telling you, if I keep getting all these comments, I don’t know what I’ll do with myself!

Speaking of my other blog, I saved one from there as I knew I needed to share it. One of the other writers on the site is working on a book and, occasionally, he shares an excerpt. This comment came from one of those posts.

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Who knew it took some bravery to post a comment on a blog?

This one came on one of my completed Day Zero Project posts. Seems fitting. Or not.

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Well… word choice is always important when posting online.

Finally, I’ll leave you with this one. It comes from a post from the daily writing challenge I was in during the month of February. The theme for the day? Abraham Lincoln. My post was a couple of photos and a few words about seeing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. So, yeah, this comment fits…

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Yep, totally nailed it!

And now? Time to empty the spam folder. I’m sure I’ll be back with more in a month or so.

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Every once in a while, I like to have one of these posts where I talk about blog comments.

See, as a personal blog, I don’t get many comments. That’s the nature of the game when you have varied topics or keep it personal or don’t have a massive following. And I’m OK with that because it’s how it goes.

But if I let everything fly, I’d have a ton of comments.

See, with WordPress (and other things, I believe), I have a plugin called Akismet. Basically, it protects the blog from comment and trackback spam. That way, I don’t even have to deal with it.

For example, as of now, I have more than 7,500 comments in my spam folder. I know there have been times real comments have gone in there and I actually caught them. But I have to be honest — I don’t sift through the spam folder too often because 99.9 percent of the time, it’s all crap.

Alas, sometimes these messages slip through and come up for me to moderate and approve. Usually they are ones that seem more like regular comments, so maybe that’s why Akismet misses them. In the end, they usually give me a laugh.

The thing about spam messages is they usually appear on posts that are older. That’s probably in the hopes they slip through and such.

Some are quite funny in that they are so poorly written or don’t have any connection to the post where the comment is. So, with that in mind, I’d like to share a few of these wonderful comments with you. Remember, these comments are unedited — no spell check or grammar or anything. All copied and pasted as I received them.

Then it’s time to empty the spam folder.

This one was from a Snapshot Saturday post in January:

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I’m now watching out for brussels, too. What the hell are brussels?

This next one came from the writing challenge I was involved in this past February. The topic this person comments on? Compulsively.

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I’m glad my post was highly intelligent. It’s what I aim for, you see.

How about this one? Somebody needs some help.

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This one was on a post from the writing challenge I was involved in last summer. I may have fallen for it, if not for the link to something odd (I didn’t click), the fact that the post was so old, and because I’ve received it many times from different people. (I actually once tried to e-mail one of these people to see if I got a response and didn’t get one — another reason knowing these are spam.)

So stop sending me this crap. Appreciate it.

In 2010, I took a trip to Maine. This next comment comes from a post where I spoke about planning for said trip. It definitely seems to capture Maine, no?

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Yeah, makes total sense.

This next one is more current in that it is a comment from my recent post about the Lay’s potato chip flavors.

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I’m glad it worked — go buy some.

I may have let this one go as it was in my peanut butter owns Nutella post from quite a bit back…

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I definitely knew what I was talking about in that post!

Finally, I will end with this one. It was a comment to a Soundless Sunday post, one which had a photo of a crisp winter scene.

A tooth (plural teeth) is a undersized, calcified, whitish order start in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and worn to sever down food. Some animals, particularly carnivores, also take teeth for hunting or instead of defensive purposes. The roots of teeth are covered sooner than gums. Teeth are not made of bone, but fairly of multiple tissues of varying density and hardness.

The community design of teeth is be like across the vertebrates, although there is respectable modulation in their show up and position. The teeth of mammals be struck by deep roots, and this decoration is also create in some fish, and in crocodilians. In most teleost fish, how, the teeth are partial to to the outer surface of the bone, while in lizards they are fond of to the inner interface of the jaw alongside the same side. In cartilaginous fish, such as sharks, the teeth are seconded by means of cold ligaments to the hoops of cartilage that form the jaw.

Fully makes sense, right?

On that note, it’s time to delete on a permanent basis and clean the spam folder out. But, I’m sure, they will be back in full force. I’ll be sure to share the good ones.