Is that a monkey stuffed in your stocking, or are you just happy to see me?

December 17th, 2008

Along with everyone else, I get tons of spam. My spam filters are set pretty high, so they have to be pretty stealthy to slip through. Typically, I simply delete without ever opening them. This morning, however, I was tantalized:

From: Voted Stocking Stuffer of the Year
Subject: Amazing Flying Monkey- For under $10.

Flying Monkey

How could I resist?! I clicked through, and the page took a while to load. This hesitation immediately led me to start doubting the validity of this item.

I then started having blog déjà vu…

doodly-do doodly-do doodly-do

Haven’t I previously written about flying monkeys?

A quick search of my posts revealed I had.

doodly-do doodly-do doodly-do

I am now convinced it is a sign, and I am destined to have one.

In the meantime, a coworker appeared in my office to ask a legitimate question. Just as she was leaving, my computer suddenly started screeching at me. The page had finally loaded and there it was: The Amazing Flying Monkey in all its glory.

The video on the site provides good schlocky fun… little boys hurling flying, screeching monkeys over tall Christmas trees…

Rather than provide you with the link that came with the spammy email (especially since the source page was entitled Новый плеер! which I’m pretty sure translates to Spams R Us - neep! ), I went to YouTube and searched for “flying monkey” to try to find the video there. No luck. However, a link to InOnline.com’s page - the link in my spam email - appeared on the YouTube search results page. Also appearing among the results was this bit of inspiration:

I SOOOO want to do this. Who’s in?

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2 Responses to “Is that a monkey stuffed in your stocking, or are you just happy to see me?”

  1. cardiogirl on December 17, 2008 11:17 am

    I love the 3-D schematics of the event before we see the competition!

    And I think I want a flying monkey now.

  2. George on December 17, 2008 1:57 pm

    But If I get one, and it flies out of my a**, then there’s so many things I’ll have to do I said I’d never do.

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