{"id":8071,"date":"2012-01-20T03:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/home\/?p=8071"},"modified":"2012-01-20T12:21:33","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T16:21:33","slug":"fun-with-word-verifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/home\/2012\/01\/20\/fun-with-word-verifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with Word Verifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to require friends to input a word verification before they posted. But I found that I would get just as much spam posts <em>with<\/em> the word verification, as I would without it. So I disabled it, and now just manually approve all comments.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nBut&#8230; other blogs still require us to input a word verification before we post. Sometimes those verifications are just a bunch of letters, sometimes they&#8217;re a nonsense phrase, sometimes they&#8217;re an actual word, and sometimes they could be mistaken for an actual word. <\/p>\n<p>Over the past few months, I&#8217;ve taken many screen shots of word verification phrases. I was feeling a little silly, and thought I&#8217;d have some fun with a few of them. Here&#8217;s a short story using just 15 of the word verification images. Teehee!<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><br \/>\nI was outside <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications1.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/> at the moon one <\/p>\n<p>night, when my <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications2.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/> asked me what I <\/p>\n<p>was doing. &#8220;I&#8217;m <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications3.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/>,&#8221; I told her. She <\/p>\n<p>told me she had a <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications4.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/>. &#8220;What is it?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>I asked. She said that some <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications5.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/> had <P>&nbsp;<\/P><\/p>\n<p>gotten loose in the neighborhood, and <\/p>\n<p>that she&#8217;s going to <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications6.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/> calling <P>&nbsp;<\/P><\/p>\n<p>Animal Care &#038; Control. I told her that&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications7.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/>! People <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications8.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/> own one <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications9.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/> doggie if they can&#8217;t keep them <\/p>\n<p>safe. But I guess there <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications10.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/> a time <P>&nbsp;<\/P><\/p>\n<p>when something has to be done. <\/p>\n<p>Doggies need to have a <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications11.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/> life &#8212; <P>&nbsp;<\/P><\/p>\n<p>they can&#8217;t be running around in the <\/p>\n<p>street making <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications12.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/> all over. I&#8217;m so <\/p>\n<p>glad <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications13.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/> keep Nala and me safe! <\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><br \/>\nCould I please have some <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications14.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/> <img src=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/img\/blog\/2012\/Jan2012\/FunWithWordVerifications15.jpg\" alt=\"Fun with Word Verifications\" \/>?<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/br><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/home\/2012\/01\/13\/poor-loose-doggie\/\">post<\/a> that influenced the above story. \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n<P>&nbsp;<\/P><\/p>\n<p><strong>Loose doggie update&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday afternoon, that brown doggie was out alone and running loose again. It was getting dark, and he\/she was running loose for about a half hour, so all the neighbors talked and animal care and control was called. We couldn&#8217;t very well leave the poor thing alone out in the dark. *Sigh* <\/p>\n<p><P>&nbsp;<\/P><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dogs in Cars&#8230;<\/strong> #5 will post on 2-2-12!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Send in your <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/home\/about\/dogs-in-cars-baileybegood-com\/\">Dogs in Cars<\/a><\/em> photos!&#8230;<\/strong> If you haven&#8217;t yet joined this series, or if you have new pics you&#8217;d like to share, send them in! If you already have my email, send away! If you need my email, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/home\/about\/contact\/\">contact me<\/a> first!!  <\/p>\n<p>Happy woofs &#038; hugs, friends! <3\n\n~Bailey (Yep, I'm a girl)\n<em>P.S&#8230; If you&#8217;re a human who blogs about your furry, or a furry who blogs about your human&#8230; or even a furry who blogs about your life&#8230; Please subscribe and follow me via <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/BaileyBeGood\" target=\"_blank\">RSS Feed<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=BaileyBeGood&#038;loc=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a>, and I invite you to follow me via Google Friend Connect, even though it will be discontinued in March, 2012 (see box in the right-hand column &#8211;>). You can also join me on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baileybegood\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>. Please let me know you&#8217;ve visited &#8212; I love reading other blogs and making new friends. <3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/font><font color=\"#FF0000\" size=\"1\">*Extra Woofies*<\/font><\/strong><\/font><font size=\"1\"><br \/>\nWord verification has been turned off! Comment away! Spammers take a hike! <strong>All comments are moderated<\/strong>, so they won&#8217;t show up right away.  \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><P>&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><em>Copyright \u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\" target=\"_blank\">BaileyBeGood.com<\/a>. 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