… at least according to Amazon.co.uk.
I get these regular “you liked this books, so you probably like this one” emails. And yes, I’ve bought a number of Alan Moore’s books from Amazon, like Watchmen. So I was quite surprised to see this!
Alan Moore wrote the New Testament in the Bible!
(The product in the email is real btw and is genuinely listed as being by Alan Moore, the author of Lost Girls. Quite a leap from that to this!)
The bad joke comment-spam keeps rolling in today on one of my blogs:
Here there can not be a mistake? I have a fresh joke for you) Why did the bunnies go on strike? They wanted a raise in celery.
You are not right. I am assured. I can defend the position. Write to me in PM. A joke for you peoples! What did the worm say to the caterpillar? What did you do to get that fur coat?
It is remarkable, rather amusing information Wanna joke?) Why do Vampire have to brush their teeth? Because they have Bat-Breath.
*groan*
I suggest you to try to look in google.com, and you will find there all answers. I have a nice joke. Why was Santa’s little helper depressed? Because he had low elf esteem.
Obviously spammers have a bad sense of humour.
I got this piece of comment-spam today:
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Gave me a giggle just before I deleted it. 
“Daddy…” my four year old daughter started to declare in the back of the car on the way home from work, “… in Dr. Zeus the robots say…”. I’m thinking right now, who the hell is Dr. Zeus? She then does the next bit in her best robot-like voice, “‘Extermalade. Extermalade. Extermalade…’“.
Ah, my wonderful daughter!
For those unfamiliar with Dr. Who, this is a loose translation from the mind of a four-year-old to father-geek level…
“In Dr. Who, the Darleks say ‘Exterminate. Exterminate. Exterminate.’”
Instead of the usual bed-time story with Alice, our four year old daughter, I decided to run a “Adventure-Story” (at least that’s how I phrased it to her). At first she wasn’t bothered, but when I told her she could play a “rabbit”, she lit up!
It’s the first time I’ve tried roleplaying with Alice. She enjoys stories but as long as they came from books (especially with pictures). But to see her react to the story was brilliant! I didn’t use dice, just played by ear and told her a story where the rabbit’s carrots were taken and Alice the Rabbit had to find out where they went. But it was all the little touches she brought to it that made it.
When the “King and Queen” rabbit asked her to go outside of the burrow to see what had happen to the carrots, Alice hopped out of the bed and hopped around her room grabbing anything that might look like a carrot and threw them onto the bed (where the other rabbits were).
When she sneaked into the Farmer’s house and into the kitchen where the Farmer was a sleep, I asked her what she wanted to do next, she whispered to me “I can’t talk Daddy, the Farmer might wake up!”
It was full of those little moments where she brought her own touches to it! I was surprised it went so well. The only thing is, it’s not a replacement for a bedtime story. She was so awake afterwards, I had to read her a normal story as well to get her to calm down!
While on my holidays last month in France, I came across some humorous “Fringlish”. Check this out:
It’s a brand of sugar, in a pink colour, called “Daddy”. That’s right you can buy your Sugar Daddy in France in a pink container.
And then I came across the “Plate of Terror!” On one of my first trips to France, I was given a menu in a restaurant that had bad English translations on it and in the desert section they had for Chocolate Mouse: “Chocolate Moss”. This time, I was surprised to find the “Plat du Terroir”!
Plat Du Terroir on the Menu
Note: Terroir actually means Countryside (i.e. Countryside Dish) and it was gorgeous, hot French cheese and potate and lovely ham. Yum.
Some more gems from my three year old daughter:
“You wouldn’t eat me Daddy. My head is too big to fit in your mouth.”
To her Maman:
“You’re my Best Mummy”
(Does she have more than one mummy?)
The best comment spam ever?
I just got this in my “possible spam comment for approval” email for this blog:
I like the little touches to the spam, the email address for the comment is in the format: