An Amusing Note in My Spam Box

Do you remember the post, “What?! Be Prepared? You Were Serious?” Neither did I. I wrote it last February. In that post I shared the story of the Boss and Captain Chaos at a Boy Scout Merit Badge College. The Captain had hurt her finger. She cut it badly. When the Boss looked at a room with over 100 Boy Scouts and adult leaders and asked if any of them knew first aide, she was met with silence until one brave soul replied, “Um, no.” It was the post where I surprised both my wife and myself after I penned the acronym “S.O.H.K.S. (Sudden Onset Helen Keller Syndrome),” and received absolutely no comments complaining about my insensitivity. The event changed the way I think about the motto “Be Prepared.” I now carry my emergency kit with me everywhere. I’m constantly amazed at how often I fix a scraped knee. I’m thinking it’s bad ju-ju to carry it around. I attract injured people.

Anyway.

That post was brought to my attention early this morning when I discovered a comment awaiting moderation. It was a comment from “bemcohydraulicss.” It read, “BEMCO Hydraulics, originally an Engineering Craftsman's shop in the late thirties has risen to be a premier producer of HYDRAULIC PRESS and Portable re-railing equipments. It is located in Belgaum, Karnataka, and a southwestern state in India.for more details visit…” The comment ended with an email address.

I have to laugh.

I laugh at the misuse of the English language. "Portable re-railing equipments?”

I laugh because if you take a look at my bio you will learn that I am a stay-at-home, homeschooling, father of General Mayhem, Major Havoc, and Captain Chaos. I am happily married to The Boss. We live in Apathy, Kansas, with The Big Fuzzy Dog, several chickens, a few fish, and Reggie the Rent-a-Dog. What exactly in that description underneath the title Boarding in Bedlam indicates a need for a hydraulic press?

I laugh wondering what in a blog about a little girl cutting her finger in a room full of Boy Scouts screams the need for portable re-railing equipments?

If this comment was sent to my blog through an automated system, what are the search terms that were used to trigger a hit on my blog?

The bright spot to all of this is that I re-read an amusing post and discovered a typo that I was able to correct. Nobody seemed to notice. I guess if our economic fortunes ever change it’s nice to know that I could go write for Bemcohydraulicss.