William Shakespeare wrote that, without the asterisks, for the 2^nd Witch in Macbeth (Oops, sorry my thespian friends, “The Scottish Play.”) The reason I have used asterisks is because, without them, this little billet before you today risks filling my in-tray with a million wicked, unsavoury and unsolicited responses.

I shall explain:

I’m new to blogs. I’ve been scribbling away for only a month or two and I still have a lot to learn. But one of the things I learned early on in this game is not to use headlines containing words with double meanings or syllables which, when separated, become rude. Because somewhere out there, be it Bangkok, Odessa, Los Angeles or, Heaven forbid, Leeds, are rascals of such utter brilliance in computer spamming that they can pick up a dodgy word, no matter how innocent, and use it to their evil ends. A month ago I wrote a blog about double yolk eggs with the harmless headline “C**k-a-Google-do”.  For the past three weeks I have been receiving an average of 40 e-mails per day offering services ranging from sex toys and penis enlargement to animal sex web sites. And I can’t get rid of these bastards.

I’m sure Ol’ Will never had this trouble.

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