October 11, 2007

What’s with the feet?

I don’t like feet. I mean, they’re all fine and good for getting around on and stuff. They certainly make a nice weapon against a potential attacker when connected to a good kick; but overall, they’re pretty gross. You won’t find me ever giving anyone a foot rub. I don’t expect anyone to do the same for me either (O.k. I’m not counting when I was pregnant-what rational person can blame me?). My husband has the nicest, softest feet I’ve ever seen on any man, yet if he moves those puppies anywhere near me, I’m telling him to move them and NOW. Unless the feet are attached to a baby, they can keep their distance.

A couple night ago, I was checking my visitor stats on this blog. I kept noticing that one particular search was landing one determined person on my site over and over again. This particular person used the exact same search terms and continued to go to one particular post of mine for a good hour and a half. The google search that was bringing this person to my site. . .

"yummy feet."

That search was taking this particular person to the image found in this post, the one where I wrote about my misadventures with a self tanner. Go and take a quick look if you don’t recall. I think most will tend to agree with me that the picture featured in that post most certainly does not show "yummy feet." Seriously, not even close. The most disturbing thing is that this person was doing a google image search, which means he knew exactly what he was getting into when he clicked on that picture of my very discolored feet. I’m thinking someone needs some help.

It’s moments like this that I realize that the internet is not made up of mostly normal people like me, and like those of you reading this right now (most of you anyway). There are truly some weird people out there.

Take for example, the friends requests I get on a daily basis on another particular site from men who seem perfectly normal when they make their initial request. However, one visit to their site reveals a guy with a weird obsession with women’s feet, pictures of womens feet, and even poetry about feet. Needless to say, those friends requests are denied. Frequently. Those feet people are determined people, let me just tell you. I guess I just don’t get why someone would choose feet as their favorite part when there are so many other more appealing parts to choose from. I didn’t realize that being a martial artist would put me out there for all the foot weirdo’s.

To be perfectly honest, I’ll take searches for "mature woman karate" over "yummy feet" anyday. Considering the alternative, "mature" just doesn’t seem that bad.

What’s the strangest search that has landed people on your site?

*I will be launching a new blog soon called "BBM Thinks. . . ". This blog will be home to reviews of all different kinds of books, products, etc. Because I am completely clueless in the design department, I thought I might open it up to my fabulous readers. If you can create an interesting header for the blog, you will receive design credit on the site with a link back to your site and/or email, and possibly searches for "yummy feet" that land on your site (O.k. I’m just kidding about that last part). Interested? Shoot me an email or leave me a comment letting me know.