Q. You know how to tell when things are really locked down and secure online?
A. When you get some loony word combo that you are supposed to transcribe and prove that you are not some hacker.

This sweet word sandwich was sent to me by my friend from years past, Rhonda.
Thanks Rhonda — for the submission and your entire Stephen King collection.

I guess there could be such a thing, right?

I always feel better about the safety of my online activity when that little security check box pops up and asks me to do copy work.  The little box appears and I am requested to transcribe 2 words in wiggly text.  There have been combos like “scrimshaw germany” or “whitelash hotpants”.  You get the idea.  But never have I felt more safe about my world wide web proceedings than the time I was asked to copy the words shown in the still below.

I challenge you to post the most ludicrous combination that you experience today or that you’ve witnessed recently.

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After going to Facebook to post this blog entry update, I got this security check:

I think I am going to write a book with ideas based on these security check words.