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November 29, 2006

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I was recently the victim of a sudden attack of comment spam.

Few of my blog posts are sparkling enough to get more than one or two comments (thank you both!). So, when I saw that one of my posts had 40 comments, I suspected it was probably not an animated discussion of my observations about giant tortoises.

Sure enough, some spammer had filled my comment box with links meant to tempt you to look for cheap viagra or photos of bikini-clad ladies.

Having such poor internet access here in Gorom, I was forced to ask my long-suffering colleague, Steve, to delete the unwanted comments for me (thanks Steve!). I have also taken the precaution of closing comments for the time being to stop this happening again…

You’re Looking Old!

This was another unwanted comment, made twice by different people in the last few days here in Burkina. Apparently, my beard is significantly whiter than when I was here a couple of years ago. The comment was probably meant as a compliment, and might have been joined by the other unwanted compliment: “You’re looking fat!”

You can make up your own mind from these photos of me from 2003 in the rice field, and this week in Gorom. Maybe on this occasion it is just as well the comment section is closed…

Kind and encouraging comments however can still be sent by email or SMS…

Posted by Keith at November 29, 2006 07:22 PM