Well, lookee over there. Yes, I elevated my Sitemeter visit-counter widget to the top of the sidebar because... the total is getting exhilaratingly close to 50,000.
We should pass that milestone very soon, perhaps even within the next day or two (traffic tends to be a bit brisker on here over the weekend).
I'm going to offer a prize to whoever can leave me a comment here, claiming - reasonably sincerely and convincingly! - to have been the 50,000th visitor. [I haven't yet decided what kind of prize. It will depend on your age and gender, what country you're in, whether or not I know you, etc., etc. But I'll think of something.]
Actually, you can claim the prize if you are the first person to comment after the 50,000 mark is reached. [Many visitors, I know, breeze through in seconds without bothering to read anything much, let alone pausing to think about commenting. And there is a serious danger that I myself will rack up the 50,000th visit - and several of the adjacent ones - as I obsessively click on to the site to see if anyone has yet responded to this invitation! (I originally set up my visit counters to ignore visits from my own computer, but now that I am condemned to use VPNs all the time, that exclusion is bypassed.)]
I look forward to hearing from you, lucky 50,000th visitor, whoever you may be!!
7 comments:
Let's just say it was me and you can buy me an expensive drink of my choice the next time I'm out. What with the Rapture and all, you probably won't even have to worry about it.
I was beginning to think you'd already been carried aloft by the angels, Weeble. We were thinking of dedicating a shrine to your memory in Amilal - an old Macbook, surrounded by empty Sam Adams bottles, perhaps? And posting your picture on the backs of milk cartons...
Oh, my bad!
I forgot to follow the link to the original post here. Looks like I'm still just in time.
I claim, I claim! What's the 'prize' then?
Hey, Gary, good to hear from you! It's been a while.
E-mail your address, and a set of 'little man being crushed by falling books' bookends will soon be on its way to you!
I'm so glad someone looked in here. I fear my little 'competition' didn't really attract much additional interest... or even much response from the 'regulars'. (I had been kind of hoping the Weeble's Mum - he assures me she's an avid 'lurker' here! - might pitch in to claim the prize.)
Congratulations to Gary. That's a nice prize, Froog!
Although (as you know) I don't visit the Barstool much, it was tempting to just try to run up the comment count with brief asides and jibes. Didn't seem in the right spirit though. (Er, no pun intended.)
Your self-restraint does you credit, JES.
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