What's with all the pigs?
What's with all the pigs?
Has anyone else noticed that there is a disproportionate amount of hog/pig drabblenews stories on the podcast? I've counted three drabblenews stories and at least one fiction piece. Interesting...
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I'm sitting here in MN and loved the drabblenews about the pigs, and I thought Norm had the MN accent deal down pretty good. He sounded like a freaking Swedish immigrant. I remember when Fargo came out and some Minnesotans whined about how the people and dialect was portrayed by the Coen brothers. Great stuff.
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Bloody contentlink advertising - annoying isn't it? If you want to disable it: when one of the ad bubbles pops up, click on the "?" in the top right and it'll take you to a page where you can disable it (right at the bottom of course). Nowhere near as creative as spam.normsherman wrote:What the hell is up with all these random links???
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Yeah, I guess you're right if you consider the news came from Austin in sunny, southern Minnesota - I was thinking Norm sounded more like someone from up in the Iron Range.bolddeceiver wrote:Oh really? As someone who has lived in MN, I thought Norm's try at the accent was, to be frank, pretty awfulNo offense meant.
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Done and done. Thanks Phillippa. Although, I'm kinda gonna miss seeing everyone 's posts decorated with bold words. Maybe we should just keep it up.Philippa wrote:Bloody contentlink advertising - annoying isn't it? If you want to disable it: when one of the ad bubbles pops up, click on the "?" in the top right and it'll take you to a page where you can disable it (right at the bottom of course). Nowhere near as creative as spam.normsherman wrote:What the hell is up with all these random links???
"Give us all some Jelly"
I would just like to point out that the four generated ads at the top of my screen as I viewed the drabblenews forum were:
Pig Nutrition
Used Slaughterlines
All About Pigs
and Swine Breeding Exporter
What is a slaughterline, and why would I want a used one? I guess I could find out by visiting the ad...
EDIT: I kind of wish I had left that one to the imagination.
Pig Nutrition
Used Slaughterlines
All About Pigs
and Swine Breeding Exporter
What is a slaughterline, and why would I want a used one? I guess I could find out by visiting the ad...
EDIT: I kind of wish I had left that one to the imagination.
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Is there a way to get rid of them for good?Philippa wrote: Bloody contentlink advertising - annoying isn't it? If you want to disable it: when one of the ad bubbles pops up, click on the "?" in the top right and it'll take you to a page where you can disable it (right at the bottom of course). Nowhere near as creative as spam.
"Give us all some Jelly"
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Yes, but in my case it involves using firefox with a few good extensions. Alternatively, a well configured privoxy can do wonders, too.normsherman wrote:Is there a way to get rid of them for good?Philippa wrote: Bloody contentlink advertising - annoying isn't it? If you want to disable it: when one of the ad bubbles pops up, click on the "?" in the top right and it'll take you to a page where you can disable it (right at the bottom of course). Nowhere near as creative as spam.
I didn't know what everyone was complaining about until I looked at the site from my work machine one day.
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http://www.privoxy.org/normsherman wrote:eh? someone tell me what to do without the word privoxy.
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Dude, WITHOUT the word 'privoxy'!strawman wrote:http://www.privoxy.org/normsherman wrote:eh? someone tell me what to do without the word privoxy.