I figured as much...I didn't say anything because I thought the whole thread
was geeky in the extreme ( when has THAT ever happened on this list? ) :)
As I told Mike by phone... why would Alex reintroduce himself to the group
with a self-caricature???
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "tschibasch" <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com>
To: <OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:22 PM
Subject: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] MEA CULPA
> Okay, okay, as some of you have by now suspected, I played another
> prank. And rather than letting it go on for months, as I usually do, I
> have decided to 'fess up and stop now.
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> The alleged messages from "Alex Melnick" are in fact from me. It was
> part of my never-ending master plan to confuse and annoy people.
> Creating this fiction about Alex working at a bookstore was easy, as
> this seemed a reasonable thing for him to do. Alex likes books! Why
> not? I decided to make it more interesting by saying that he lives in
> Fullerton (yet works in Anaheim...)
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> I crafted together photographs from all over the Internet to create
> "Alex" and his cat "Bob", and even the wedding for "Robin". It's true!
> If you take a good close look at Alex's cat you will see that it is
> really one of Carlye's.
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> The very first post raised suspicions. The subject line of "Uh,
> hello?" sounded a little too much like an imitation. In spite of this,
> it still seemed to work. People were answering this message...
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> Subsequent posts have been more difficult to muster. And just what I
> am to do if someone goes to Fullerton? They'll discover the hoax!
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> So, anyway, it's not really Alex. And again, I am sorry. I couldn't
> help myself.
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> John
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Received on 2005-07-25 19:34:56