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June 28, 2006

Link Leak Virus in Greek Cooking

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 12:03 pm

The Link Virus Epidemic

Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. On Open Comments Night the virus was released when a cooking contest was held on Thassos Island, Greece. Here are some cool links that were shared:

The Cooking Contest that Went Viral

Ben came early and in his typical fun-loving way. The donkey was cooking up some viral marketing techno baubles. Then he started the night with a contest. Finish this sentence. “I cook like . . .” Ben said. Next thing you know it’s a contest.

Ben even said that there would be prizes, and that I would be happy to donate them. As the night went the prizes became Ben’s idea again. A free complete set of the DVDs of Fawlty Towers, starring John Cleese. He left for a while to post-it on his blog. I went over to add it to Reddit — that could be how the virus spread so quickly.

Starbucker said I cook like I golf - I’m not very good at either, and probably never will be.

Joe said I cook like a Clam in a Casino.

Chris said I cook like . . . Basil the Donkey.

Things were sort of slow in the contest mode, so I decided to raise the bar a bit.

I said “Okay then, now I have to get serious about this cooking contest.

I cook like a cavewoman who hasn’t yet discovered fire and just found out that her caveman is having an affair with a wild turkey that isn’t really a turkey because cave people didn’t live anywhere near wild turkeys . . . wild turkeys hadn’t evolved yet. So in fact, he has been having his fun with a bird-like wild boar and now she not only has to set the idiot straight, but also has to find him food, before she kicks his butt out of the cave. And that hurts her very deeply. So she gives up eating . . . ”

Ben threatened to take that one viral with a YouTube video.

Starbucker came back with I cook like I exercise; very infrequently and when I do, I can’t do it very long or very well because of the fact that I do it infrequently, and because of the infrequency the net results of the exercise is very unsatisfactory, and because its unsatisfactory I only do it infrequently.

Chris, not to be outdone, offered
I cook like an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Good amount of beefsteak, lots of spice, and top it all off with a just bit of cheese.

All Trisha said was that My cooking and singing are kind of on the same level - I think it would be cruel to do to the plants.

Cat chimed in with I cook like a I dance (both of which I love). So at times it may be slow and easy. Others, fast, fast, fast.

HART I cook like my wife cleans .. when it comes to Stir Fry and HART’s Famous Chili Recipe.

Christine said she liked to listen to music while cooking, but never said how she cooked. I never said I was listening to her music through the whole comments night conversation. Gosh, she really is worth listening to.

The code-writing donkey and moose cooking up trouble with the swill sipping pig last I heard.

This Week’s Comment Quiz

One question, one answer for one link. Post the answer on your blog and leave a link to the post with the answer in the comments below. I’ll link your post when I announce you as winner. If we do it this way, I can take three winners.

The question is:

What did Kean want to add to his blog?

Until next week, I hope you’ll be here!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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11 Comments to “Link Leak Virus in Greek Cooking”

  1. June 28th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
    Joe said

    I know, I know…. (waving hand frantically).

    I know I already have a link, but wasn’t that after everyone went home to bed?

    Ps. Check out my about page and let me know what you think… add, subtract, multiply divide?
    Thanks,
    Joe

  2. June 28th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Joe,
    Could you tell me what you are waving about please? I am happy to help you if I can. :)

    I can stop to check your about page now. Be right back.

  3. June 28th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
    Joe said

    I know the answer to the question, and I just wanted to get your attention…
    I also added “Contact Me” in the top sidebar.

  4. June 28th, 2006 at 3:37 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Oh!
    I saw the Contact me. I even clicked on it. It works well. I like it. Nice addition. Very convenient for your readers.

  5. June 28th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
    Joe said

    As long as I can keep the Spam away, I see no need to block anyone.
    I am trying to build a community just like you taught me… ;-)

  6. June 28th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
    ME Strauss said

    I think you’re doing a great job. I hope that you can go a long time without having to moderate any comments at all. :)

  7. June 28th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
    Joe said

    Thanks, I hope so too.
    Now, back to work…

  8. June 28th, 2006 at 3:57 pm
    ME Strauss said

    No rest for those of us who work for a living!

  9. June 28th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
    Kean said

    I think I know what Kean wanted to add to his blog. I’m not positive?

  10. June 28th, 2006 at 11:22 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Kean!
    What a fun and funny answer! Thank you for that. It made me smile a big smile. :)

  11. December 23rd, 2007 at 5:21 pm
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    […] yet another example of the collaborative power of the internet - on one of Liz Strauss’ Open Mic Nights, we got into a good discussion about the old John Cleese series “Fawlty Towers”, and […]

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