Word of Mouth
One of the great beauties of the web is the chance it gives to talentless buffoons like me to pretend to be someone they’re not.
Some examples: I regularly register with dating websites as Lovekitten22, a one-armed transvestite brunette from Nuneaton. Or you can find me on medical bulletin boards dishing out quack advice to teenage hypochondriacs. It’s great fun. Or I’ll pretend that I can cook.
And people believe you. It’s on the web, so it must be true. You claim knowledge, and no-one doubts you. You give the impression of great wisdom, and everyone assumes that you’re wise. Or you rustle up some pepto bismol ice cream and people start to think you’re the next Mrs Marshall.
I can think of no other reason why the Observer Food Monthly have given me a regular slot on their Word of Mouth weblog.
Yes indeed. With a bit of luck, assuming I don’t poison myself mid-quest, Fraser Lewry’s Animal Alphabet will unleashed in bi-weekly installments over the next 12 months. I’d love to be able to claim that the idea was my own, but it’s actually a Rob Manuel original. He is a very clever man, and his diet isn’t nearly as dreary as I suggest in the opening paragraph. Sorry Rob.
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You are becoming tiresomely ubiquitous.
By Mr Luke on 12 Oct 2007 at 12:38 am
That was the backlash.
By Mr Luke on 12 Oct 2007 at 12:39 am
Luke: Hush with that backlash. He’s got you pencilled in for “L”
By Scaryduck on 12 Oct 2007 at 8:23 am
So you’ve got Kitten penciled in for K, right?
Good Luck.
By Darren on 12 Oct 2007 at 8:38 am
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Sorry, that was the backslash.
I crack myself up sometimes, I really do.
By Mike on 12 Oct 2007 at 9:12 am
Oh dear - you’re Lovekitten22? That kills about 2 years of warm onanistic memories…..
By Anthony on 12 Oct 2007 at 10:48 am
Congrats with the stats.
Tell us more about Lovekitten22, then!
By Sigg3 on 12 Oct 2007 at 1:12 pm
Do you think I would need to adjust your cookie (American here) recipe for using chocolate covered bits of antelope instead? We tie politicians to the ground near our anthills here, so the ants don’t taste too great.
By Jo in Blairsville on 16 Oct 2007 at 5:27 pm
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