that the ads at the top of the threads correspond with the subject? Like Tony’s thread about his Nigerian spam coming back had Nigerian singles ads. Or cran’s mailing cd’s had ads for mailers. I just noticed it and thought it was funny. I wonder if we can pack one thread with a ton of different subjects, thus confusing the people who do the ads. Like if I was talking about mailing Nigerian sandals and hamburgers to the south pole, by way of the sun, what would happen?
I just looked and yours had: Whistles for coaches, ACME whistles, coaches equipment, and tin whistles for sale.
It would be interesting if someone who knows about programming could tell us what keywords the ad banner looks for!
Sometimes they’re really funny.
Back when we ran a thread writing a soap opera based on board member personalities, the ads at the top were for soap opera related things. There have been others that made me laugh, but I can’t remember them now.
In a past life, I had a business named “HomeStar.” For awhile during that time, I had email software that would spell check my outgoing emails. Whenever it encountered the word “HomeStar,” it would ask me if I meant “hamster.”
Best wishes,
Jerry
I had nothing to do with that.
I always check the banner! Some of them are a real hoot! They pick up on all sorts of products mentioned in passing–the ads can be so incongruous that they’re hysterically funny.
was that not your thread? maybe I’m confusing it…wouldn’t surprise me 
Yes.
What ads? I don’t get any ads showing on my screen. Whoda thought I could feel left out coz I’m not getting internet advertising? 
you don’t get ads at the top of the page? Scroll up…they’re at the very top, next to the Hunger Site logo thingy.
Nope, definitely no ads. I get:
Chiff & Fipple
Main website Free email newsletter Live chat
Hungersite thingy FAQ, Search. etc.
Thread title
Posts
I don’t even get a gap where an ad might be missing. Must be something to do with the settings here at work. (I also only get still images of avatars and emoticons.)
I’d like to see what we got if the ad generating machine were responsive to your avatars. 
You’ll have to try harder than that! Those keywords barely compensate for the occurances of ‘chiff’ and ‘fipple’ which are automatically embedded into every topic by the code.
You need to say something like, “I wonder if Nigerian sandals are more durable than south pole made sandals or if the people that make sandals like hamburgers and what if you put the sandals and the hamburgers and Nigeria all in orbit around the sun do you think that people would still be able to make sandals or do you think they’d just sit back and eat hamburgers and watch the solar flares while the sandals were neglected and ignored even though the people back at the south pole desperately need sandals because at the south pole it’s much much to cold to be walk barefoot so those sandals are very important but you know the sun shining on the snow is very pretty but is it as pretty as the solar flares that the orbiting sandal makers are watching do you think?”
Ok, so start a new thread saying just that. 
Although now there is a “safety gear” ad at the top. Wonder why…
I noticed that a few months ago and I forget the connection now but it was funny because it didn’t quite fit. Sometime they are full banner ads and other times four small ‘site ads’.
Just to see what would come up right now I went to the previous topic which was ‘new strain of HIV’ -There were the four little ads at the top of this one and one of them read, ‘Dating Center for singles with STD in your city. Register for free.’
There is a small subculture within the gay male community in the US (and probably Europe but I don’t know for sure) where people want to get HIV. They call it ‘getting the bug’ and it is seen as a ticket to having as much promiscous sex as you want, because once you have HIV/AIDS, you can fu¢k whomever you want without the danger of catching it anymore. The people sometimes call themselves ‘bug chasers’. There used to be a few sites and communities online devoted to bug chasers, but I’m not sure if they’re still out there.
They take out personals for people who are HIV positive and who want to willingly infect sex partners. I’ve heard of orgies held specifically for the purpose of people becoming infected with HIV.
Many a time I’ve seen transmitting HIV/AIDS called ‘giving the ultimate gift’ or somesuch.
I think it’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever discovered.