Internet Permanence

Statement:  Nothing you post on the internet ever goes away.

Proof of Statement:

Fact 1.  In 2001 Carol and I took a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Africa.  I posted a journal of the trip, with pictures, in a blog.

Fact 2.  At that time, Raid bug killer used the slogan, “Kills Bugs Dead.”

Fact 3.  The Swahili word for “bug” is “dudu.”

Fact 4.  On my trip I saw (and took a picture of) a huge billboard outside of Nairobi, Kenya, that said...  Well, here’s the picture:

Fact 5.  Today, 13 years later, I received the following email:

Hello

I was going through photographs online and came across your blog that mentions you took a photo of a billboard in Nairobi that said 'kills all dudus dead.'

I'm an entomologist working with Nature Kenya and would like to use this photo in a presentation on the conservation and importance of insects.

If you could share the photo by email I would appreciate it - and will credit you for its use of course.

With thanks

Kind regards

Dino

Dr. Dino J. Martins
Insect Committee of Nature Kenya
The East Africa Natural History Society & Turkana Basin Institute, Kenya

http://www.harvard.academia.edu/DinoMartins
www.discoverpollinators.org
dududiaries.wildlifedirect.org
www.turkanabasin.org

I rest my case.

(Yes, I sent him the picture and received a nice acknowledgement.  And yes, I'm pretty sure he's legit.  Check this link:  http://discoverpollinators.org/pollinators/pollinator-handbook/ )