Wed 14 Mar 2007
The Real Evil in Our Midst
Posted by anaglyph under Creepy, Sad, Scary
[16] Comments
My mum used to use the expression “Someone just walked over my grave” to describe that creepy-crawly inexplicable feeling you get when something causes the skin to go up on the back of your neck.
I just looked at my blog stats and noticed that someone from Texas at the IP address 69.153.63.68 had landed on my blog by using the search string ‘child tethered’ (spelled correctly).
I guess there are innocent explanations, and I probably shouldn’t jump to conclusions, but someone just walked over my grave.
Let us all pause for a moment and think about the good things in our lives.
Down in Texas, they like t tether all kindsa fokes sos t tie em to th bumprs o their trucks.
My Unkle N.I.C Polanski probly knew all about th pracktice.
Coment moderation, Rev?
You runnin fer dicktatr or sompm?
Comment moderation kicks in whenever (amongst other things) there are two or more links in the Comment – I can change it to be more tolerant, but it’s been pretty good at intercepting any spam that Akismet lets slip from time to time.
*eyes tightly shut* bunnies and kittens, bunnies and kittens, bunnies and kitten
Obviously it was starting to work, because the third time I only needed one kitten
Joey: Here, people are content with tying teddy bears to the front of their trucks. I’m sure this has caused many a small child nightmares, but at least they are transient ones.
Cissy: And little fluffy chickies like in the Kleenex ads.
Just more proof that everything that comes from Texas is ultimately evil.
I’m with Cissy.
but reverend, surely you remember the 1950s fashion of fastening reins around your toddler to ensure they did not run amok on a busy road?
tell me it wasn’t only my mother who did this?
I keep telling folks that it’s still not too late to give Texas back to Mexico. Not that they’d want it back after what we’ve done to it…
nursemyra: Well, I did think of that possibility, but I figure someone searching for that is just as much of a worry.
Colonel: Yeah – why would they want George Bush? They can see that he’s even fucked up your country.
That is just sick!! You know…you might want to pass that little bit of info on to the local police so they could forward that bit of info on to their American counterparts. I bet where there is smoke…..
I doubt they would care. As I said, there’s possibly other explanations, and given the fact that it would be almost impossible to trace the person from their IP alone, I’m sure the Feds wouldn’t even raise an eyebrow.
The porn seekers seem to be with us always. Sounds like you, too, are a guaranteed disappointment for them. But then, I’ve noted that people really don’t know how to set up their search strings for best results. I’m in Arizona; I landed one searching for Sunday hikes in Moscow (the Russian one.) Go figure.
That’s a funny post but unlike several of the folk above, I see no sinister implications here. Lots of people use “tethers” when in crowded situations like shopping centers to keep their toddlers or young kids from wandering off. I’m sure that’s all it was. Hopefully.
Hello utenzi, thanks for dropping by.
Well, I hope you’re right. But the way the search is phrased does not indicate that to me. If the person had been searching for ‘child+tethers’ or ‘tethering+child’ I’d be more convinced. The combination of ‘child+tethered‘ implies a search for children already tied up.
Of course, there are many other legitimate reasons that people could be searching for that. A researcher on child abuse, perhaps, could have been searching for a particular case they’d heard of. It’s important to realise that search terms are often not what they appear at first glance…