A certain gentleman inquired of a lady whether she would be willing to sleep with him for 50,000 pounds. After some hesitation, the lady replied that she supposed she would, in consideration of the magnitude of the offer. Then he asked whether she would sleep with him for twopence."Certainly not," she responded with indignation. "Just what kind of lady do you think I am?"
"Madam, I believe we have already established that," he remarked calmly. "Now we are just haggling over the price."
Notwithstanding that it was kind of a dick move on the "gentleman's" part, this story serves to illustrate that I am, in fact, the kind of lady who has a price, hence the ads you now see on this site. I wish they were earning me 50,000 pounds, but all I'm really hoping for is to defray my image-hosting costs, since the increase in traffic this site has experienced in the past few months (yay, you guys!) means that I'm now exceeding my free bandwidth allotment. (Not that I'm complaining. That's the kind of problem I like to have.)
It's all just an experiment, which as you may be able to tell I have mixed feelings about. If I hate the way the ads look and feel, or if you guys tell me you hate them, or -- let's call a spade a spade -- if I'm not making enough coin** to make the whole endeavour worthwhile, then I'm gonna put the kibosh on the whole thing.
Capitalism marches on! Ka-CHING.
*Or, as Sonja speculates quite convincingly, it's more likely to be Winston Churchill to Lady Pain-in-the-Astor.
**Er, ahem... this site make more money if people click on the ads from time to time. Just, you know, FYI. *cough*
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Heh. I clicked three times - nice little earner, no?
And besides, I want to go on a holiday at the end of this year anyway. All style, Google.
You have a great blog, so I'll click everytime I come to visit.
Awww... thanks, Antipodean. Would it look suspiciously like shameless kissing up if I told you that you're the best?
I have to admit to having just randomly clicked on a whack of old posts, just to see what kind of ads got served up. Aside from the expected ones for online booksellers and blogging services, I saw ads for cat food, cashmere socks, and self-esteem classes for women... all of which are oddly yet eerily appropriate.
Not at all. And the I could tell that you are the best, and everyone gets that special feeling ;)
Now, I do love a bit of random clicking, so I choose the review of the "what Canadians think" book, and the ad was priceless.
"Easy love spells - magic that works, GUAREENTEED!"
Follow the link for boundless amusement.
Who knew that Wicca spells came with quality assurance?
I work for a site aimed at teenage girls and we get ads for pooooorn sometimes. Heehee. Except not, because that's skeevy.
Clicky clicky!
I had heard that anecdote attributed to Winston Churchill and Lady Astor (American-born Member of Parliament, who also happened to be a pain in the ass for Churchill). Just thought I'd throw that in there
Ha! I went to that site,Antipodean. I liked how one of their services was "righting wrongs". Yikes.
On my sock monkey entry (way back in February, if you care to look), there's an ad to a biotech supplier who sells rhesus monkey serum!
Anna... ewwwwwww! What do you do when the porn ads show up (other than click them, I mean)?
I didn't know that, Sonja. Was Churchill known for his wit? I think I bought into the Shaw attribution because he seems to have had a fairly dry sense of humour.
Hi! I was blog-hopping & I came across yours. I love the way you write! I'm gonna go click on some google ads now, but please post some more pix of your super cute "crabby" baby!
Oh, is it okay if I link to your page? I think I'll be visiting a lot...
Wait a sec... Kathy, you want to link to my site AND you want me to post more baby pics? I think I love you. Do you want to be my girlfriend?
Haha. Some "porn ads" - ie. headed "naughty school girls!" actually lead to a money making site. The other ones, for actual porn... I will quote to you.
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Thar she blows.
From what I've heard, Churchill was quite witty (I'm still looking for a definitive biography on his life). From what I remember, he's got a not insignificant number of bon mots to his credit.
For some reason, I just don't buy it as Shaw, mainly because after doing a bit of biographical research for a lit class this past summer, I've come to the conclusion that he was gay. Not to say that he would be incapable of thinking up something like that, of course.
Well, I'm convinced. (I'm easy that way. Heh.) What I don't know about Churchill would fill a library, and my reading of Shaw was so long ago it pretty much doesn't count. My post is duly appended.
Wow! I didn't mean you had to actually amend your post! No one has ever taken me so seriously on the internet!
Hey, if we can't count on the internet for 100% reliable information, then where does that leave us?
Heh. Well, I like to cover all my bases, anyway.
Are we not all available for some price?
Not necessarily money of course.
The most unhappy are those to whom nothing is ever offered,They trust in the next world.
Also, I like your interpretation that "Ishiguro is examining something I've been very much interested in recently--what goes on in the mind of people who continue to participate, unquestioningly, in a society that is clearly putting them in danger." I think my thoughts were travelling along the same path, but mine were much more muzzy-headed than yours.
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