Today is international de-lurking day.
Many people prefer to stick to the shadows of a blog, seldom making their existence know to the blog’s author. They read quietly and then move on, leaving few traces other than a solitary digit on a statcounter or feedburner. They are the ninjas of the blogging world, silent, stealthy, and perhaps even a tad sneaky.
But today is different. Today is the day that all lurkers leap out into the light and loudly proclaim:
“I [insert name] am a regular reader of All That comes With It. And what’s more I believe That Dan is one of the unsung literary geniuses of our time.”
Over on his blog Rude Cactus has a hundred and fourteen comments on his de-lurking day post. I fully expect to reach the same number. If I don’t then I shall delete this blog in disgust and concentrate on my glamor modeling career.
Which brings me nicely to the second thing I wanted to mention. On Thursday I challenged all the none blog holding people who read this blog to do the self portrait meme that is floating around at the moment.
The rules of the meme are that you have take a photo of yourself as soon as you get tagged, without spending any time on making yourself presentable. Two people emailed me a photo, which to be honest was about two more than I’d been anticipating. Thank you very much Helen and Oli, you are officers and gentlemen (metaphorically speaking of course).
Here first is Oli. Notice his strong masculine jawline and broad muscular shoulders. Every pore of his body is just throbbing with male sexuality. Pwooorrr eh ladies?
And now to the delightful Helen. She is one of Kerry’s friends and therefore I shall keep my own council about her numerous qualities. I can say that she’s very nice though, and no doubt if she and Oli were to leave their respective partners (does half a melon and a tub of Vaseline count as a partner Oli?) and join forces, they would in all likelihood produce the master race.
So there you have it. A couple of fine examples of human beings. But you don’t have to send me in a photo to get my admiration and respect. All you have to do today is de-lurk. De-lurk damn you and show yourself.
Even if you don’t even lurk in the first place you can comment. Tell me your favorite joke, tell me what you had for breakfast, smash your forehead into the keyboard and type out some random gobbledygook, but just comment.
Please, please, I just want to be loved.
Please.
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Having been inspired by your recent posts, I’ve bought a ukulele. Happy new year(ish) and de-lurking day.
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
And to question why you’ve pored over my photo enough to notice my masculine jawline and broad shoulders. Or why you feel the need to broadcast the details of our private chats. I mean, I don’t mention your fondness for donkeys – actually, that’s irrelevant, as you publish that yourself: http://allthatcomeswithit.com/archives/697
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
I suppose you’ll just have to subtract one from your thousands of lurking ninja’s to account for mine.
I’m feeling discriminated against now…alienated and alone. Alone I tell you.
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I think “coming out” is something different from “de-lurking”, is there something you need to tell us? (I believe coming out day is October 12th in the UK).
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
My favourite joke…
What’s pink and fluffy?
Pink fluff.
What’s purple and fluffy?
Pink fluff holding it’s breath!
Ok, ok, I’ll get my coat. You see, that’s why I lurk!
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
In addition to the above, I fully believe that Dan may well be the future of ukulele artistic expression, and I am eternally grateful that he has chosen to NOT express this art with the accompaniment of a toy piano and kazoo.
The end.
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Interesting side note is that you can not make Chocolate Crackles using Coco Pops (now I ‘m pretty certain Chocolate Crackles are indeed Australian and you should do a Google on the interwebs for them – you will thank me) you need to use Rice Bubbles.
There, that will teach you to make an open call…
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Not sure why he would need Vaseline though.
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
The only reason I’m lurking on some blogs is that comments won’t get replied to , so commenting feels useless (not the case here, so I’m not lurking here). To all lurkers I say *Dan needs attention!!!!* erm.. I mean: Dan is an unsung litterary genious, show him some love, he deserves it.
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on Jan 12th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Otherwise, commenting is like talking to a wall.
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:20 am
I suggest you start giving away iPods.
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Why did Tigger stick his head in the toilet?
He was looking for Pooh.
Phils last blog post..Bad Dads
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:26 am
I also agree with Arjan about responding to comments. I’ve never been very good about doing so on my own blog, just because sometimes I’m not able to read the comments until very late at night when my brain is only working at half-speed and my responses will most likely confirm what everyone already knows: I’m neither funny, nor interesting, nor capable of intelligent discourse.
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:26 am
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:27 am
Phils last blog post..Bad Dads
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Now can I have my iPod?
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:29 am
This has, however, inspired me to go back to my own blog and leave 114 comments to myself under various pseudonyms.
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:41 am
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 5:41 am
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 7:43 am
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 7:56 am
See what you get with a post like this? It opens the doors of the lunatic asylum and we all go…
heeehoooooleeeeelaaawwwwwhhheeeeeeeeeeee
blather blather…
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 9:07 am
PS. Help! I have to talk to children this morning! Anyone have any suggestions?
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Oh, I’m sorry, are you supposed to be some kind of a good influence on their tiny, impressionable minds? Never mind then.
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I’m one of those who prefers to stick in the shadows- well, not really. I just have comments of my own in my head, and never take the time to type them out to the author of the blog. Sorry! :)
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
…d’oh!
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Was I lurking? I didn’t mean to lurk.
By the way, did you know they’re using your blog to build a weapon?
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
How many protestants does it take to change a lightbulb?
Doesn’t matter because they are condemned to eternal darkness anyway.
* I was brought up a very strict roman catholic but have been atheist since I was about 13, it makes me laugh because for me it highlights the silliness and closed ranks-ness of catholicism but it is not my intention to offend anyone who is either catholic or protestant.
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
I don’t know if I’d be classed as a lurker. I’m a frequent reader, funnily enough but rarely comment. I suppose you know I’m here somewhere….
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Fraizerbaz – Arg, my secret other life is out.
Paula – Hurrah!
Oli – Your masculine jawline and broad muscular shoulders are there for all to see. You are just a fine figure of a man and there’s no escaping it.
Xbox – You get all the other days.
Impreceptible -You can, thank you for emerging briefly from the shadows.
Gail – No you aren’t allowed to comment. And for transgressing this rule I fine you £250. I expect a check in the mail shortly.
JJ Daddy O – I’m surprised Jordan has made it over there. In fact you do know quite a lot about british popular culture. Are you really secretly posting from Rotherham?
Helen – My favorite at the moment is:
What does Cliff Richard do after a gig?
He quietly slips into the Shadows
Holmes – I shall bestow on you honorable lurker status.
Sethra – I nearly bought a kazoo the other day actually, but perhaps I should just stick to the ukulele/cow bell combination I’ve been working on.
Lee – We have coco pops too. We call our Rice Bubles “Rice Crispies” though. And we call our Vegimite “Axle grease”.
Sam – To remove the watermelon of course.
Arjan – It doesn’t bother me if someone doesn’t reply to my comments, but then again thinking about it i do tend to have better relationships with people who do respond. Best of all is emailing the commenter, but that takes quite a bit of time to do properly.
Phil – 1) No one is touching my bloody ipod.
2) That could quite possibly be the most sophisticated piece of humor this blog will ever see
3) I tend to respond to comments just before I start writing the next post, which makes me a little late on occasion. Such as this time for example.
4) gravatar.com
5) No you diodn’t scare her. she is a little cautious with her facebook account however.
Kath – You can have Phil’s.
Phil – Yoiu again?!
Avitable – Why thank you sir. I think.
VegasDad – Strangely enough that was much more cogent than all of your other comments put together:)
Idaho dad – Damn it, I think i’m going to have to get the exterminators in.
Gail – I’m trying to work out how to ban people from this blog right this very second.
Clair – I am a cunning man. As for the kids, i like to start off with a few rude jokes and then a frank discussion on the existence of santa.
JJ Daddy O – Hang on, haven’t I already replied to you? This comment thread is getting too long, i don’t know how Avitable manages it.
Stacy – No need to apologise, i lurk on a fair few blogs myself too. It’s nice to know you’re there though:)
Rol – Bwahahah. And to comment on the mini blog there is a little blue # symbol you can click. It isn’t all that well designed for comments.
Pa – You’re right, it is.
Casey – You wouldn’t catch me skydiving. My brother in law has an interesting video of him doing it and his parachute not opening. Not for me i think, i’ll stick to walking around with my shoelaces undone.
Lazlo – There’s nothing wrong with a little lurkage. I wasn’t aware of them using this blog as a weapon. I’m assuming it’s used to bore people to death?
Morticia – I think there should be more comments on this blog with footnotes. Brings an academic air to proceedings I think.
Kerry – Who are you again?
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
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on Jan 13th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
erm “I [insert name] am a regular reader of All That comes With It. And what’s more I believe That Dan is one of the unsung literary geniuses of our time.” wotsit.
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on Jan 14th, 2009 at 12:33 am
why did the monkey fall out of the tree?
because it was dead.
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on Jan 14th, 2009 at 12:53 am
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on Jan 14th, 2009 at 5:19 am
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on Jan 14th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Now, back to lurking.
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on Jan 14th, 2009 at 11:18 am
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on Jan 14th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I went for a swim this morning and am sat here looking like I’ve been two rounds with Mike Tyson.
EVERY time I swim I end up with massive goggle marks. Huge ones. Like someone has drawn comedy bags under my eyes or I’ve put my eyes up to a blackened pair of binoculars.
Just thought I’d share.
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on Jan 14th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
I wear contactlenses..which means I don’t swim under water with my eyes open..or I should wear goggles.
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on Jan 14th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
De-Lurking Day has gone International now?
Bloody hell.
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on Jan 14th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Craig – Well done. Your check is in the mail
bon bon – That’s not a joke, it’s a tragedy.
JJ Daddy O – She’s had a breast reduction recently, not that I follow her career or anything.
Rattling the Kettle – Excuse me while I just go and make sure my door is locked
Whit – You look remarkably like a monkey man I once knew
Helen – Yes. Yes I do.
LBB – I demand photographic evidence
Arjan – You could always get contact goggles
NYCWD – You betcha cowboy.
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on Jan 14th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
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on Jan 16th, 2009 at 6:16 am
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on Jan 16th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
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on Jan 16th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
PG – Naughty PG. You know that I expect a proper commitment from the readers of this blog. If you aren’t visiting at least twice an hour then you just aren’t cutting it.
Erin – Wow, mastery of the English language eh? You are new aren’t you! Thanks though.
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on Jan 17th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Shakespeare walked into a bar.
Barman said, “Y’ Barred.”
(I prefer the pooh joke above actually.)
Oh and,
knock Knock
Who’s there?
Adunup.
Adunup who?
Bwah ha ha haaaaa.
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on Jan 18th, 2009 at 1:05 am
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on Jan 19th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Because he kneaded a poo…
Dan – I’m going swimming tomorrow – if I get goggle marks again I promise to email over a photo.
Arjan – I would swim without the bloody things but become hysterical if my eyes come into contact with water. I’m one of those people who closes their eyes when using Optrex ensuring it runs down my face and into my mouth, bypassing my eyes completely…
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on Jan 20th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
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on Jan 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 am
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