Animal Farm

Last week was great for the Blog. We actually broke records in numbers of visitors. Nothing like controversy to stir the pot and attract viewers I guess. A certain poster going by the name TR4LIFE was posting on a thread on this blog. At times I suspected that he (she?) was someone posing as a TR to mess with me. Other times I was totally convinced that this person was just the most TR ultra-conservative that I had ever met. Then last night some friends called me up and invited me out for a drink. I went out, and I had a suspicion when I found out who would be there. A common friend, who has a background in latin (see the post) was there, and so I walked right up to her and asked her if she was TR4LIFE. She hesitated, but said no – and I really thought she was lying, but she covered it by seeming offended and also as if she didn’t understand my question (I should have known, this is a classic way of covering your tracks, it was a rookie mistake on mypart). I didn’t want to push the issue so I explained to her why I had asked. We had a few drinks, I let her read the blog posts. She pretended to be angry and upset at the things posted; and then at some point and time in the evening, she unzipped her sweatshirt to reveal a name badge reading TR4LIFE. The whole thing was a big practical joke and I bought into it hook, line and sinker. I know when I am licked – and she burnt me good. I was punk’d (etc..etc…etc). So a word of congratulations is in order – you got me good. You played the game well, and had me totally fooled (even had me worried about you showing up on Friday; I had to promise my wife that I wouldn’t tolerate rude behavior at my party.) Warning, you should know that I am always looking for revenge.

So congrats Rebecca; great prank – you sure know how to push my buttons ;