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I just tried to go to stampinup.com and instead of going to my saved links (like I normally do) I just typed it into the browser bar. Only I mistyped it... I typed stamppinup.com (extra P). BIG mistake. It took me to a site for pin-ups and porn! Now I've had to clear out my hisitory so my hubby does not think I've changed hobbies! Ooopps!!! :oops:
__________________ Kathryn
Do you know if there's a 12-step program for stamping? No, seriously, is there??
I did a similar thing once. I wanted Dick's Sporting Goods website, but I typed www(dot)dicks(dot)com. As soon as I hit enter I knew I had made a big mistake. I also got all sorts of porn stuff popping up. The worst part was that I was at work when I did it. I laugh about it now, but it wasn't so funny at the time. I was just sitting there closing pop-ups and praying that nobody would walk into my cube.
__________________ Mary Ann GALLERY Fan Club member since 4/08
I did a similar thing once. I wanted Dick's Sporting Goods website, but I typed www(dot)dicks(dot)com. As soon as I hit enter I knew I had made a big mistake. I also got all sorts of porn stuff popping up. The worst part was that I was at work when I did it. I laugh about it now, but it wasn't so funny at the time. I was just sitting there closing pop-ups and praying that nobody would walk into my cube.
I did that *exact* same thing a few years ago when I was trying to get my HD a gift online. Fortunatly I was at home and didn't have to worry about my HR getting a call from the IT guys about my web searches! Isn't it odd that so many innocent sounding names can be twisted into something less than innocent! lol
__________________ Kathryn
Do you know if there's a 12-step program for stamping? No, seriously, is there??
Isn't it odd that so many innocent sounding names can be twisted into something less than innocent! lol
You're right. I never call the store Dick's Sporting Goods; neither does anybody I know. We all just call it Dick's. I'm glad I'm not the only one who did this.
__________________ Mary Ann GALLERY Fan Club member since 4/08
I did the same thing looking for a granola site. The company is called Bare Naked Granola, meaning natural and organic. Well... I learned the hard way to always google a company's web address unless I know for a fact it's name is also the site's name!
My personal website used to be something with kandi.net. I was trying to get have my boss (a guy) access my website to download a file. (I was in MN and he was in KS.) He was so dang funny because he kept saying, "But I keep getting a porn site!" I'd spell out my url and he kept saying "That can't possibly be right.." Finally I had HIM spell out where he was going. I don't remember if he was spelling it "Candy" or "Kandy" but regardless, it wasn't right! I told him he better email the IT department to explain why he kept accessing the porn site since we all knew they track that kind of thing. It was good for a laugh anyhow.
__________________ "There is a very fine line between hobby and mental illness." -- Dave Barry
A friend at work got in a panic - she uses the work computer (once in awhile) to check on recipes - but when she tried to check hard sauce she got where she didn't mean to be!
When the internet first became available in schools I was so excited about my biology students using it for research. I quickly learned that respiratory, circulatory, and skeletal systems could all be researched on line; however, reproductive systems could not! And in case you're wondering... teenage boys are not as horrified and eager to get off "naughty" websites as we are!
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I've been there too. Someone recommended a Thumb sucking/nail biting deterrent that might help my son, so I went to Amazon and searched for the product which I thought was called Thumb (I found it's actually Thum). I did find the product, but what came up along with it wasn't what I was looking for. DH and I had a good laugh. Luckily the kids were not right there at the computer too.
We have a company around here that makes boxed baked goods, Tastykake. A friend at work was trying to look up their website and spelled the company name wrong and got quite the eyefull!
A friend of mine had to get her computer completely reloaded after she tried finding some sporting equipment one year at Christmas. Yes, good old Dick's really wiped out her whole system and sites kept popping back up at her days later. I don't want to know what else comes up with Thumb!!!! Oh I tried looking for some health information - irritable bowel syndrome...well, let's not go there with what came across my computer screen!! Yikes.
One time i was helping teach a group of deaf children how to navigate the internet. We had everyone gathered around and decided to look up a recipe for making home made ice cream. We were going to search it, print it, make it in class. Don't know what the trigger was other than some fettish but wow! That simple search got some nasty pics--- yes, they may be deaf but they knew exactly what was on that computer screen! Boy did their eyes get big.
Don't other school districts have filters? Ours does, and I'm a sub. I can access my hotmail, but the ads are all blocked. Other stuff is filtered, and I can't even get on boards like SCS while at school!!--filters won't let me because they may lead me astray. Well...SCS being bad for me is another story... LOL ;-)
__________________ Diane H.
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The worst I got into was when I was planning a theme party, and searched for ''Wizard of Oz'' - whoa Nellie is right! What sicko would use a child's story for such a thing?
__________________ Do or do not - there is no try! (Yoda) / SCS Featured Stamper FS730 / Dirty Dozen Alumni
I tired to go to amazon.com once. Double typed the a in amazon by mistake- porn site!!!
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watch out for whitehouse.com as well. Years ago my girlfriend at work typed that in looking for something about the white house (as many young STUDENTS might for a schoool project) and was taken to a porn site! If your kids are ever doing a report on the White House, remember that it should be whitehouse.org, NOT .com!!!! I personally haven't tried this myself, so I'm not sure it's true anymore, but it's good to be aware anyways!
It's kind of sick that a lot of these "off-color" sites purposely have website names close to common sites or have their site names as common misspellings. I even heard once that they'll have a website name that is a common misspelling of something a child may be looking for to get them to accidently get on their site.
Sometimes the filters at school don't work - a neighbor's son got caught at school looking at a site with large male parts. (then again, he is a little too computer saavy and devious).
(ok......Leticia, get off your soapbox)
That happened to me before while trying to get to craigslist. I typed in craigslist.com instead of .org and wowzers! I would have died if my little girls were close by. Since then it appears as if craigslist bought them out because now you can type it about any ol' way and it brings you up to Craigslist.
I used to work in an IT department and going by accident to a porn site is really common. You won't get in trouble unless you stay there and surf around. The same log files will let the IT department know how long you spent there and if you looked at other pages on the same site. Those pop-ups show differently, so they won't cause you problems with the log files. They might leave you a virus or two, but that's different.
When my son was in the 5th or 6th grade he had to do a report on Wisconsin. His teacher told him that Borden invented malted milk balls there. Ok so you can see where this is going LOL. The poor thing typed in malted milk balls and hit the search button and Whaalla...I all heard was a yell of OMG and "MOM". Did you know that the Harley Davidson Motorcycle was invented there as well hahahah. Safer choice!!
I thought I was the only one who went to dicks dot com! As soon as I hit the enter button, I thought to myself, "OOOH, I think I just made a big mistake" and I was right!!!!
__________________ Cindy Nagel Stampin' Up-The stamp & scrapbook store that comes to your house!!! http://cindynagel.stampinup.net
I typed in cheerleading something or other. I got some really filthy stuff
(all the cheerleaders I ever knew ALWAYS wore Briefs LOL)
All I was looking for was hairbows and shoes for competetive season for DD
__________________ Bev
Organized People are just too lazy to hunt for things!!!
Well, I'm in my last 30 minute stretch here at work, and you all gave me a great laugh. Nice to know I'm not alone.
A couple of years ago when my sister was getting married I did a search for "wedding bubbles" at work. I found a site to click on and boy oh boy it was not bubbles. And what made it worse was that when I clicked out of the site another one would pop up and when I clicked out of that one another would pop up. Let's just say it took close to 10 clicks to get that stuff off my WORK computer. Luckily my boss passed by after the 2nd or 3rd click and I was able to get his attention and he saw exactly what was going on.
LOL- my hubby (works in architecture) was at work and looked up some type of insulation or something by name- (assuming the name was the site) and he got a whole page of naked people!
He said he was closing windows as fast as he could and hoping no-body came in the office!
__________________ nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light. Luke 8:17 ~Sara~
stampinup typo... beware!
