Friday, 1 April 2011

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International Day of Delurking

After reading an interesting article yesterday about blog commenting, I had every intention of writing a post about stats, engagement and page views to commenting ratios. Obviously, such a titallating post would require a suitable photo to accompany it so I promptly did a Google Image search for 'being sneaky' (i.e. to represent the 95% of you who read without commenting) and found this miniature horse:

'He's being sneaky here with his foot'*.

*Allegedly. To me he's looking previous obvious.

Although I have since found out that official Delurker Day is 12 January, with today being April Fools Day and everyone obviously being in the requisite festive spirit, I would like to invite the lurkers to stick their heads above the parapet and say hello. If you're struggling with what to say, talk about Sneaky Horse's inherent un-sneakiness. Or your theories as to why Lilloet British Columbia is the Number One 'being sneaky' image. This town looks okay to me:


Also, possible delurking comments could pertain to why someone thinks these pandas are sneaky:


Again, this looks like normal panda behaviour to me but I'm no expert. To an untrained eye, completely above the board eating with no sneakiness.


If you would like to delurk by saying, 'Actually, that animal is totally being sneaky' this picture is for you.

So, who is going to delurk? Please can someone do it or I'll have to delete this post and then probably shut down the blog in disgrace.
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54 comments:

  1. Kate at M is for make1 April 2011 at 11:27

    just me then, but I'm always here. anybody else out there?

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  2. The Sewing Directory1 April 2011 at 11:33

    I am here too, quietly lurking in the background with the pandas and sneaky horse!

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  3. Aletea1 April 2011 at 11:41

    Me, but I generally reply to you over on LJ/twitter

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  4. Kate at M is for make1 April 2011 at 11:47

    actually I've been getting a lot less comments lately, it's a bit demoralising sometimes, maybe I should rally the lurker troops over at my blog today.

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  5. KID, MD1 April 2011 at 12:06

    Not a lurker, but always happy to say hello, well, howdy anyway. Cute pandas!

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  6. Joanne1 April 2011 at 12:08

    It's not delurking if you've commented before is it? Actually I get a lot less comments than I used to too. Then again, I post less than I used to, I comment less on other blogs than I used to what with having no time at all for myself, and also I'm less interesting than I used to be*.

    (*Fact. Had a baby. Never go out. No time to read. No concentration span for anything longer than ten minutes.)

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  7. Iron Spine Sally1 April 2011 at 12:12

    I'll delurk! And I have to say, having been to Lillooet, I found it to be very transparent. Not sneaky at all. But then again maybe they have me right where they want me...

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  8. Elle and Belle1 April 2011 at 12:18

    This is Little Grandma; here I am, delurking!

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  9. Ms C @ HappyElastic1 April 2011 at 12:36

    Hello hello! I don't comment very much as I feel a total fraud as I don't sew very much (ok, hardly ever) but I like your blog. You are funny. In the complimentary sense that is.

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  10. JuanitaTortilla1 April 2011 at 12:36

    I suspect some lurkers might continue to do so... Otherwise, they wouldn't be called lurkers, sadly :)

    Let's see how the rest of this Delurking day goes!

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  11. Talia1 April 2011 at 13:22

    Hello. I am delurking just because I will cry if you stop writing this blog. I love it here.

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  12. Unknown1 April 2011 at 13:29

    Hello! I love the sneaky horse...not sure what else to say! I do comment sometimes :)

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  13. Catherine1 April 2011 at 13:46

    OK. I admit it. I lurk every single day... I'm a bad person.

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  14. Lin2Too1 April 2011 at 13:53

    I lurk but I do buy fabric from time to time. Can I stay?

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  15. Florence Knapp (Flossie Teacakes)1 April 2011 at 14:12

    Is it lurking if I have acknowledged the reading of your posts on Twitter? Commenting via an iPhone keypad makes for tricky work that makes my fingers feel itchy and then blogger inevitably loses my comment while I sign in and then misspell the word verification.

    However, I am delurking today because I am on my laptop and because I wanted to say that I think you have displayed an unusually large number of sneaky animals, which deserves to be commented on...and in doing so it means that I am not one of those animals any longer...but just a normal commenter on your blog.

    x

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  16. Farah1 April 2011 at 14:16

    I admit it, I have been lurking. what can i say? Canadians are shy.

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  17. Louiz1 April 2011 at 14:53

    I'm browsing from my phone so I wasn't going to comment, but given your post topic I thought I should (even if my "h" key sticks!)

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  18. Helen1 April 2011 at 14:58

    Left-most panda is clearly sneaking off, probably going down the bookies to lose money on a chimera race then to spend the rest of his cash in the pub.

    Or maybe the panda is a man trapped in a panda suit after a bizarre sexperiment and is going ask the photographer for help to undo the zip.

    Now you'll wish I lurked! ;-)

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  19. darcey1 April 2011 at 15:10

    Well, as I comment sporadically, I am not technically a lurker. I will comment though, because I lurk at many other blogs.

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  20. Bekka-Reeeeeeee1 April 2011 at 15:16

    I'm here...I lurk...just like the 'gator in that last photo....

    :-)

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  21. Louise1 April 2011 at 15:57

    I lurk, I sometimes comment, but mainly lurk.......

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  22. Apryl1 April 2011 at 16:13

    *tilts head to the side* I have no idea why any of those images are sneaky.. I have looked and looked... I am blind as a mole so perhaps that's why... I don't tend to get many comments on my blog unless I have some sort of breakdown in the blogsphere about my life my doubting myself (which is all the time but I don't tend to blog about it very much)

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  23. Laura1 April 2011 at 16:29

    Wow, I am one of your "lurkers." Just found your blog a few weeks ago but have enjoyed going through past posts. And, who doesn't love a sneaky pony? I'll try to post from now on!

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  24. Allie1 April 2011 at 16:51

    I'm a lurker as I'm almost always on my iphone & just can't be bothered to click through and comment. I'm that lazy. I have bought fabric though, so hopefully that'll mean I can stick around for a bit...

    ...and that horse? Not sneaky at all...the person next to it trying to convince it to eat something? Don't. Trust. Her (Him?!)

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  25. sula1 April 2011 at 16:55

    You haven't been giving me summaries of acceptable responses and I certainly would hate to have to think of something clever out of my own head!

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  26. Daisie1 April 2011 at 17:11

    I'm always here, sometimes I comment but mostly am clutching my belly trying not to wee laughing at your posts! x

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  27. Anonymous1 April 2011 at 18:08

    My name is Anna, Ive been stalking your blog for almost 2 years (think I found you through Craftster?) Your clothes are supper cute, and your kids are flat out adorable. Thanks for sharing your life with us :)

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  28. pennie1 April 2011 at 18:22

    I try and comment when I can but until recently most blog providers apart from wordpress seemed to hate me...I do comment via twitter when I can

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  29. Mia Olsen1 April 2011 at 18:29

    I tend to talk to you on twitter does that count? ;) @miaolsen

    But while I'm here: where did you get the pattern for the bathing suit, (if you made it, would you sell it?) and where do you generally buy your fabric? As this is Denmarks creme dela creme in fabric selection: www.stofogstil.dk

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  30. Jen Walshaw1 April 2011 at 18:50

    I am here, I do lurk sometimes and comment sometimes, but always read! Thannks for quoting my article.

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  31. Sara @ Sew Sweetness1 April 2011 at 19:22

    Wow, looks like you got a lot of lurkers so far!

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  32. tiger621 April 2011 at 19:33

    With regards to the panda foto....

    Thats what they want you to think 0_o

    hence sneakiness

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  33. Domestic Kat1 April 2011 at 19:35

    With regards to the panda foto....

    Thats what they want you to think 0_o

    hence sneakiness

    (bwah at using other peoples computers....grr)

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  34. Unknown1 April 2011 at 19:55

    I'm not lurky, I tend to be a commenter. I'm actually kind of creepy in the exact opposite direction.
    When I'm being sneaky I'm totally sneaky like a panda. Which roughly translates to 'opposite of sneaky,' I reckon.

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  35. rhian1 April 2011 at 19:58

    I'm a semi-lurker. Sometimes something springs to mind that I want to say but it looiks a bit werid cos you don't know me, whereas of I kinda feel I know you, a teeny tiny bit anyway.

    And now I look like a freaky stalker weirdo.

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  36. Susan M1 April 2011 at 20:37

    I'm a lurker, I'll admit. My secret is out dammit.

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  37. Stresshead Red1 April 2011 at 20:45

    hmm I'll own up as a secret lurker too. I am somewhat disappointed though...surely a post on lurking could have featured the lovely Eric somewhere, there surely must be room for some sexy vampire lurking?!

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  38. Inspiredbyfelix1 April 2011 at 21:41

    Oooo I might be a lurker...am I? I think I may have commented once or twice..anyways, hello from the suburbs of lurkville :) x

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  39. My Mummy Reviews1 April 2011 at 22:50

    Hiya

    I love reading your blog and I think the things you sew are so beautiful! Sorry I've not commented before. Have a lovely weekend. If you ever have a spare 5 minutes please take a look at my review blog...www.mymummyreviews.blogspot.com.

    Best wishes. xx

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  40. Rachel1 April 2011 at 23:08

    Hello, is there a crocodile head on the roof of that stall thing? (as well as the other one).
    Anyway I comment occasionally, but tend to lurk as I can't sew & therefore feel a fraud.
    However, you have inspired me to get a sewing machine (£50 second hand) and next month I am having a 'make friends with your sewing machine' 3 hour lesson to begin with. Thank you for making such lovely thing I just couldn't put it off any longer!

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  41. Anonymous1 April 2011 at 23:24

    I'm a lurker too. Love your blog, you're very funny. But mainly I read so I can go 'she made that in one evening?!?!' and feel ashamed of the fact it takes me months to make things that never look anywhere like as lovely. Keep blogging and I'll keep lurking!
    Thanks.

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  42. Kara Henry1 April 2011 at 23:28

    S&*t. You caught me. I'm afraid of saying anything more and sounding stalker-like. I'm not admitting to anything more than making a lot of my children's clothes reversible now.

    Speaking of which, I could send over some photos of my children, if you find yourself still in need of sneaky subjects.

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  43. TwoIfBySea1 April 2011 at 23:57

    Ok, I'll delurk with four minutes to go. I read all these crafting/sewing/cooking blogs and then have no time (am useless anyway) to do any of it!)

    Like the sneaky horse I always put my foot wrong.

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  44. Mara2 April 2011 at 00:35

    I think this is the first time I've ever been called out for lurking and felt ashamed.

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  45. Alisa2 April 2011 at 01:41

    I'm sneaky too. I live a couple of hours away from Lilloet. I don't think there's anything sneaky about it. :-) I like what you do here but don't always have time to comment.

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  46. Alisa2 April 2011 at 01:43

    And just in case you're interested.. you can go white water rafting on the river by Lilloet. I did and it's a blast.

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  47. lorna (@sewbylorna on IG)2 April 2011 at 01:55

    I've been lurking here since I was a "cool girl" for the skirt sewalong! I always enjoy your humor!!

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  48. Kelly2 April 2011 at 07:56

    The horse is a little freaky.

    I always read but rarely comment, that thing called life tends to get in the way these days.

    I love the word delurk - I always do it on my blog in January.

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  49. Anonymous2 April 2011 at 13:31

    yep lurk lots but never comment. Hi from Canberra Australia!

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  50. Deb2 April 2011 at 18:53

    Ooh, am I too late for the party? I confess, I am a lurker. I don't usually comment because no one knows me but I really enjoy seeing what you've created. Thanks!

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  51. Charlotte3 April 2011 at 10:54

    You had better add me to the list of lurkers! I love making patchwork quilts rather than clothes but read your blog because it's so funny. Good idea this delurking!

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  52. Daegle Doo3 April 2011 at 20:09

    I sometimes comment & buy your destashing fabric. But mainly lurk to see what lovely stuff you are making & it inspires me.

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  53. Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)4 April 2011 at 03:32

    Late to the delurking - sorry!

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  54. Liz4 April 2011 at 17:32

    I lurk - and am also several days behind (one reason I often just lurk).

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