A question for the masses: how did you first discover ABCotD?

[theoccasionalfish]

So I have an amateur interest in marketing and how things catch on and I'm wondering, how did you first find your way here to ABCotD? I'd love to hear your story. Was it word of mouth? A link elsewhere on the interwebs? A date you had ended up writing about you here?  

[Howie Feltersnatch]

A girl I went out with sent me the link to show me about the story she sent in...

[JMG]

Some dweeb told me about it.

[thepastryfascist]

My husband linked it to me. He came across it on reddit,

[Tom]

I was Googling "bad dating stories" after a breakup (yeah I wallowed for a bit), and found it that way. Been a daily reader ever since.

[geomorphgirl]

Howie Feltersnatch wrote

A girl I went out with sent me the link to show me about the story she sent in...

Ooh, Howie, I'll tell you which one(s) I wrote if you tell us which one is you ....

[mystery_woman]

Same. I had a rough run of some bad dates so I googled it and viola!

[Howie Feltersnatch]

 I would tell ya but then I'd have to bang...err kill ya...and everybody else who reads it, for that matter...and frankly there just isn't enough time in the day!

[geomorphgirl]

Howie Feltersnatch wrote

I would tell ya but then I'd have to bang...err kill ya...and everybody else who reads it, for that matter...and frankly there just isn't enough time in the day!

... if I had a nickel for every time a man said that to me ....

Oh, boo.  I thought you were fun.

Here, I'll even offer up the goodies first and then you can decide if mine are worth it:

1) When I unwittingly emasculated the awkward architect, not to be confused with The Architect -- http://www.abadcaseofthedates.com/2010/10/broken-dreams-shattered-pinatas.html 

2) The one I like to entitle, "Mustn't Love Dogs ... Too Much" -- http://www.abadcaseofthedates.com/2010/10/thats-doggone-shame-and-little-creepy.html

[nomatophobic]

I stalk JMG throughout the internet.

[Merzzie]

I'm a regular but I've never commented on a story before.  One of my message board friends on a diet website posted a link to ABCotD and said that it was hilarious.  I started reading stories in my spare minutes at work.  It took me a couple weeks, but I read every single date.  Every day since then I've come back for the updates and the comments (which totally rock).

However, today was a sad day which will live in infamy, at least for me.  Today I found out that my work administrator has blocked ABCotD (but not the forum).  I don't know how I will get through my day now!  Anyone want to copy and paste every single date on the forum so I can read them?  LOL

[nomatophobic]

Heya Merzzie, I'll send you an email, I'll send you ABCotD posts. I'm doing it for another person also. Free service and everything.

[Merzzie]

Wow, you freaking ROCK!  I will PM you my e-mail address.  THANK YOU SO MUCH!  You made my day.

[JMG]

You serious?  They blocked ABCotD?  Hell, I'LL send you free posts.  That's awful.

[Merzzie]

Yep, this was the error message I received this morning:


Access Denied

The web resource http://abadcaseofthedates.com/ has been deemed by your administrator to be unsafe or unsuitable for you to access. The resource has been blocked. No further action is required.

Reason: This web request has been blocked by the default rule


Note that I have visited this site every working day for the past couple months.  

Jared- I don't care if you or nomatophobic are sending them, I'm just super psyched I won't have to get through my long day of work without ABCotD.  Let me know if you need my e-mail address.

[JMG]

I think you need a new job.  Let me know if Noma sends 'em over.  If she doesn't, I will.

[Merzzie]

JMG wrote

I think you need a new job.  Let me know if Noma sends 'em over.  If she doesn't, I will.

Agreed!  Working on that, but I have been for some time.

Noma sent them, thanks so much for the offer!

[Howie Feltersnatch]

I blame flagrant use of the word CUNT on this site that makes an IT department deem in inappropriate.
Help stamp out CUNT
Stop using CUNT
CUT out CUNT


fin.

[Nikki C]

Howie, how would I insult stupid cunts on this site if I couldn't use the word cunt?

[OneChicGeek]

Merzzie - what about a RSS feed? Is that blocked? I've found I can use Google Reader to get around things.

I couldn't even tell you how I found ABCotD. I've been lurking quietly in the background since there were about a dozen posts total.