Re: Uh, can you help me?

From: Hiram Gonash <okfreddy_at_hotmail.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 01:32:20 -0000

Papa Bach, Martindale's, A Change of Hobbit, Sisterhood Bookstore,
Midnight Special...

"Where have all the bookstores gone...
Long time passing..."

SNIFF!
--H.G.

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Joy McCann
<jmmccann_at_s...> wrote:
> But look at John's attention to detail: most people wouldn't have
> thought to manufacture a stepfather who was Los Angeles poet and owner
> of the old Papa Bach bookstore back in the day. The character
> development is astonishing: most hoaxsters make the "supporting casts"
> for their pranks mere cardboard characters. John is a master, however:
> your whole family seems REAL to me!
>
> --J
>
> Hi, Robin!
>
>
> On Jul 26, 2005, at 9:31 PM, Robin Melnick wrote:
>
> > Hi. I'm confused. I thought I was Robin Melnick, brother of Alex
> > Melnick and erstwhile peripheral member of this group. But recently
> > I have become convinced that I am only a figment of John Turley's
> > imagination.
> >
> > Or have I just seen "The Matrix" one too many times?
> >
> > Still, I think it was damned clever of John to not only complement
> > his Alex hoax with a complete Robin back story, but to even
> > manufacture several hundred photos, as well, including many that
> > sure do look like Robin 25 years older and 25 lbs. heavier than when
> > last seen by most among this group. Of course the truly brilliant
> > part was PhotoShop'ing up a 3-year-old who's the spitting image of
> > his alleged daddy. Well, JT probably had help from the folks at
R&H.
> >
> > Fictitiously yours,
> >
> > RM
> >
> > p.s. For what it's worth, I would never foist pictures of my kid on
> > unsuspecting strangers--or even long-lost friends, for that matter.
> > I do post an insanse number of photos for my mom, who still occupies
> > the ol' homestead on Franklin St., since she doesn't get to see her
> > only grandchild all that often. It would seem, however, that my
> > brother is a closet pictures-of-my-nephew foister!
> >
> >
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Received on 2005-07-27 18:32:25