Crazy Captchas

Do you know what a captcha is?  If you think you don't, you probably do, and don't even know it.

It's those weird word combinations that websites ask you to type in when signing up for something or paying for a product or service online.  They were developed to ensure that you're a human and not a automated "bot." 

And just in case you were wondering, CAPTCHA is short for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. Yeah, I know, it's a stretch.

Anyway, sometimes these captchas spell out funny or weird phrases. I'm sure you've gotten a laugh out of them.  I found a bunch surfing around and thought I'd share these with you.  

Thanks to www.funlobby.com and blog.recaptcha.net

 

Sh** My Dad Says

I was listening to the Bob and Tom Show this morning and they had a news story about a new television show called Sh** My Dad Says starring William "The Shat" Shatner as The Dad.

This television program is awesome on a couple levels.  First, the obvious, it's got Captain Kirk!  Second, it's the very first TV sitcom to be based on tweets.  In case you don't know, a tweet is the short 140 character messages people post to the popular social networking site Twitter.

Here's the story.  A guy by the name of Justin Halpern moves from Los Angeles, back to his parents' house in San Diego.  Shortly after he starts a Twitter feed called Sh** My Dad Says which is a series of quotes made by Halpern's father, Sam, regarding random subjects.  Justin started tweeting on the account on August 3rd, 2009 and within less than a month, the page was featured on The Daily Show, a popular San Francisco blog called Laughing Squid and on Forgetting Sarah Marshall star Kristen Bell's Twitter feed. As of April 2010, Sh** My Dad Says has about 1,260,000 followers.

A book was released based on the feed and has reached #8 on the New York times best seller list for hardcover nonfiction.  And, that led to the television sitcom starring William Shatner. 

Obviously they've had to change the name and according to sources the pilot episode has been shot and will air this fall on CBS. 

Dangerous Dave

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