We are all familiar with these code boxes but am I the last person in the world to figure out that you do not have to decipher that number? You know sometimes you can't even read the photographed number anyway. I finally realized that you only have to type a number....any number...in the position of the number box. For this one all I needed to type was "inguesti1" for the comment to be accepted.
How long have I been trying unnecessarily to decipher these stupid number boxes? Did the internet laugh at me every time I did it?
I didn't know that either. I thought I heard laughter :)
Posted by: Ruth Lane | January 29, 2013 at 02:31 PM
Nope! You aren't the last one and I doubt it will be me either. :-)
Posted by: Joanne H. | January 29, 2013 at 02:53 PM
Sometimes when I have hit publish I know I was even a bit iffy on the spelling and it worked so who knows!!! :)
Posted by: elle | January 29, 2013 at 03:06 PM
i never realized the number didn't have to be perfect!
Posted by: Karen | January 29, 2013 at 03:10 PM
I just figured that out today too! Those numbers are impossible to read so I had pretty much given up on trying to leave comments until today I decided to give it my best guess. LOL
Posted by: Cathi | January 29, 2013 at 03:15 PM
LOL!!! I sort of wondered about that because I know I must have typed some of those wrong. And yes there was laughing....imagine a world without it! Okay, don't! How depressing.
Posted by: Terri | January 29, 2013 at 04:29 PM
Lol I have clicked the thing to get a new number many times. Thanks for the tip
Posted by: Gene black | January 29, 2013 at 04:39 PM
I discovered that awhile ago. I've also discovered that those blogs with comment verification codes get read through Google Reader.
Posted by: Debra | January 29, 2013 at 05:28 PM
I right there with you...I didn't know either! Sometimes I would just give up cause I couldn't read the number or sometimes the lettering was so funky you couldn't read it either. I'd click for new set but that wasn't always any better. Thanks for the heads up.
Posted by: Lynne in Hawaii | January 29, 2013 at 05:56 PM
Sometimes I think it's enough that you come close - other times I have purposefully put in an incorrect number just to see what happens, and it goes through. Other times it throws a hissy fit and insists on everything being perfect. No rhyme nor reason!
Posted by: Mary Anne | January 29, 2013 at 05:57 PM
I didn't know that either! Captchas drive me insane.
Posted by: Mishka | January 29, 2013 at 07:06 PM
No one told me! (till now, of course) - how did you figure it out?
Posted by: Cheryl K. | January 30, 2013 at 01:42 PM
I did not know this until I read your post. Just tried it on another blog and IT WORKED!
THANK YOU!!!!!
Posted by: quiltdivajulie | January 30, 2013 at 04:34 PM
Hum.... I would have typed mguesti 14 and not inguesti. I give it one try, if it does not work, I'm out! Many of blogs I have not left a comment because I appear to be a robot and my comment is not welcomed! You have the patience of a saint! ;o) Cheers!
Posted by: Carole | February 01, 2013 at 11:14 AM
Aaaaahhhhhhh! All the times I have either tried multiple times to get a number I could see, not tried to leave a comment or given up in disgust were all a waste of time!
And yes, there was the feeling that somebody was having a laugh.
Somedays the internet is fun ... sometimes it is just mean and nasty!
Posted by: Virtual Quilter | February 02, 2013 at 11:05 PM
I did not know that either! Sometimes it is impossible to decipher the number and I have to request a new code several times! Now I know! LOL
Posted by: Kathy | February 05, 2013 at 04:14 PM