However, what I do find surprising is the number of hits I get from Russia and Ukraine. Nobody from either of these wonderful countries has ever left a comment or indicated that they were following this blog. 1113 Russian visitors and 758 from Ukraine this past month and that volume is not unusual.
Perhaps they are shy people or perhaps they arrived here by mistake when looking for perfect Yorkshire pudding recipes. I have heard it said that Yorkshire puddings are revered in both Russia and Ukraine where there are Yorkshire pudding palaces and restaurants that sell nothing but Yorkshire puddings. They are very cultured people.
Through this post I wish to extend a hand of friendship to all my hitherto silent Russian and Ukrainian visitors in the hope that they will reveal themselves to the blogosphere. So to all Russians out there I say:-
Who knows, if Russian and Ukrainian comments start to flood in. The United Nations might one day employ me as a mediator to sort out the Ukrainian conflict that appears to be boring Western media channels to death. It's still there but I would need a posse of bodyguards and a villa with swimming pool in the suburbs of Kiev. I could arm-wrestle with Mr Putin or pin him down and mercilessly tickle his armpits saying "I'll not stop till you've pulled your men out of Ukrainian territory!" He'd be laughing so much he'd surely wee his pants.
I have never been able to make much sense of Blogger Stats. I'm just amazed that I have any at all.
ReplyDeleteAre your stats still 36-26-36 darling?
DeleteMore like 26-36-26 (in ratio proportion if not in actual measurement!)
DeleteI was told they are mostly automated hits
ReplyDeleteWhatever those are
You mean we are being tracked by Russian and Ukrainian robots? I have never befriended a robot before but I admired Robot Plant - Led Zeppelin's lead singer.
DeleteYou've got me thinking. Where do my visitors come from? I'll have to look. I do appreciate those from the United Kingdom.
ReplyDeleteThose of us who have English as a first language enjoy a special bond. I guess that you will also have visitors from Russia, Ukraine and probably China too. They are keeping a close eye on us just in case these blogs we write contain coded top secret messages.
DeleteI'll have you know , Mr. Pudding, I've never written a response to a comment of yours (or those of others, for that matter) while in a drunken stupor! Hic! Not that I recall, anyway! Hic!
ReplyDeleteEvery now and then I look at the blog stats, too wondering if they're for real.
Hang on, hang on...if you are saying "Hic!" that means you were as drunk as a skunk when you wrote this comment Lee! There is more to life than boozing you know!
DeleteHic! Wot? Hic!
DeleteAfter having read your post, I looked at my blog's stats; haven't done that in a long time. Mine are not as impressive as yours, but I do get my share of Russian and Ukrainian visitors, too.
ReplyDeleteI also get comments from those countries, but they never make it through my spam filter...
I saw one before the spam filter removed it:- "Dear Frau Riley, You have seeming like vary kind of lady. I am needing of your help. Mine family have little food and we have need money to getting through this month. Mine daughter ist in wheelchair and hospital bill it vary long. Many roubles.Many. Many. Please sending me what you can. Yankee dollar best of all. Maybe two hundred?.....Your friend in Russia, Aneka x"
DeleteCan't remember when I last looked at my stats. Must have a look. The bots are having a great time these days. Why is North Korea not interested in you?
ReplyDeleteThere is only one laptop in North Korea and Kim Jong-un only uses it for accessing basketball sites and pictures of ladies in various states of undress.
DeleteAh, ok, bots you say John? From Russia and the Ukraine. I have been surprised at the number of them I am getting too. When I follow the origin back I find most of them are from (yuk) porn sites, and I confess I was wondering what the connection could be.
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Kate - Your grasp of Russian in the last two sentences was uncannily realistic!
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