Heee!

[elisi]

Darcy is taking the girls to school today, and to celebrate I'm linking you to the loveliest wank *ever*. It's just *beautiful*! I'm kinda speechless at its perfection to be honest. Go. Read. Smile. Love fandom.

(Oh and while I wrote that, The Cherub found a cup of water and scattered it over my bed... She was being very quiet and I found her standing on the bed, looking at me with HUGE eyes, saying "Oh-oh". Aaaaaah, toddlers... :) But the sun is shining and I think my WIP has unstalled itself in my head (and LM is *back*!), so the world is a GOOD place!)

ETA: This has got the be the best sock-puppet (fake identity) hoax *ever* and this puts all faked (near)deaths to shame in it's OTT glory. I am so awed! *is full of love for fandom in all its insanity*

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[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

I loved that. Everyone who insists that current fusses are all the fault of those tubes making up the internets should be forced to read it.

And classic sockpuppets! One of my favs is Issac Bickerstaff, who was created by a writer to harass a hated rival. Isaac was supposedly a psychic who predicted the rival's demise, and then reported that the death had occurred on schedule, causing the rival plenty of trouble. An undertaker even showed up at his house!

That naughty author? Jonathan Swift.

(My daughter just informed me that Cole Porter once created a phantom couple, who had a longish life in the gossip columns of the time despite being entirely fictional.)

[elisi]

Everyone who insists that current fusses are all the fault of those tubes making up the internets should be forced to read it.
Indeed. People have *always* quarrelled! Heck, there is some ancient text or other (my memory? Not the best) talking about how the young people are being impossible and not respecting their elders...

That naughty author? Jonathan Swift.
Bwah! Fabulous! :D

Cole Porter once created a phantom couple
Truly there is nothing new under the sun!