Turns out Goodreads has a Fail Whale

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Summary: Goodreads has a fail whale, which I'm strangely just now seeing.

BLOT: (20 Jun 2014 - 07:04:35 AM)

Turns out Goodreads has a Fail Whale

Headed over to Goodreads to see updates on a The Haunting of Hill House discussion in which I'm taking part, and got this message. I didn't even know that Goodreads had a fail whale (LGT: DuckDuckGo) but, well, here you go...

Kind of classy. I like it. Brazenly requotes Russell, tells us to flock to another site, assures us that they are increasing capacity. "Get us another server rack, Tommy, we are going down under pressure!" Rather than a whale, we have a sweet little Victorian girl reading...probably something about maids being whipped for scuffing the ottoman, considering the Victorian penchant for the dirty word.

Ah, now to go off and fantasize about someone's morning being wrecked because they really wanted to comment on an insightful review...

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