{"id":1157,"date":"2008-11-14T13:03:33","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T18:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2008-11-14T13:03:33","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T18:03:33","slug":"life-is-like-a-box-of-adverts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/11\/14\/life-is-like-a-box-of-adverts","title":{"rendered":"life is like a box of adverts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>life is like cost per click adverts. i can display them, i just can&#8217;t convert them to clicks. <\/p>\n<p>its a poignant reminder, that in life, my conversion ratio, sucks donkey balls. <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QtqADo-D3mQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>its been ages since &#8220;life is like a box of chocolates&#8221;, eh? bad parody&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20life%20is%20like%20a%20box%20of%20adverts&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F14%2Flife-is-like-a-box-of-adverts&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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