Dear ______ dot com:
First of all, I have to say I am a bit flattered that you chose to hunker yourself down in front of my blog for two nights in a row to post this one line on 32 of my posts:
They hoped the climber would be able to hold on until rescuers reached him.
Thank you for not leaving porn. Rather, you've left a sentence that leaves the door open for wondering if 1) you're a frustrated writer trying to write your first best seller 2) you're writing your memoirs in the third person and, in a fit of "getting stuck," you decided to write this one sentence over and over and over AND over again until your writer's block became unstuck.
I can appreciate that. I find myself doing this very same thing ... In. A. Word. Doc. That. No. One. Else. Sees.
In fact, after deleting your comment for the 10th time (two days ago), I found myself making up the rest of the story about this "climber" holding on until rescuers reached him.
Who are "they" and who is "the climber?"
Perhaps "they" are the rest of the adventurers on this ...on this what? Did they go on a peace-keeping mission to a third world country? Did they go on a mountain climbing expedition that took two years to plan out down to the smallest detail, including the life-saving techniques that they would have to employ if one of "them" met with an accident?
Are" they" smugglers taking their ill-gotten gains down the narrow trail that leads to their next rondevous spot when one of "them" fell off the side of the trail, landing on a narrow ledge, where he now lays clinging to life and cursing God that he ever got involved with this motely collection of thugs?
Are "they" and "him" all male?
And, what about "the climber?" Who's the hero (or idiot, depending on your point of view) who got picked to be the rescuer?
As you can see, there's a lot you're leaving out here. But, please. Don't feel obligated to add to this one sentence in any way, ever again, because what you need to take note of is that no one (except me and whoever monitors spam where this blog is hosted) will ever see it.
Here's what happens immediately after you post a comment on my blog.
Well, not immediately, but fairly soon after.
Your comment is put into an email notification that TypePad sends to me. I get:
1. Your commenter name
2. Your commenter email address
3. Your commenter URL
4. Your IP address
And, I also get the comment that you thought you were leaving on my post(s).
What happens next is completely up to me. I get to decide if your post gets published, deleted or marked as spam. And, I wonder if you can figure out what happens next?
So. I hope I've helped to clear some things up for you. Just in case you happen to visit my blog again tonight.
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