---In [email protected], <authfriend@...> wrote:
It's called "having fun," Richard. The most fun either of us ever had on FFL,
in fact. We had a wonderful time throwing each other under the bus. And then an
even better time laughing privately at the few gullible fools who thought we
were serious.
I would say you and Robin definitely scored way bigger by having had this
little fun on FFL than you both either dreamed. I mean, look at the mileage you
two have had with this. No one can stop bringing it up and talking about it and
trying to use it to prove Robin actually disliked you and was serious. Neither
of you could have predicted its longevity and the fact that it evidently
qualifies as one of the Hall of Famer posts. Good on you both; I'd say the
whole joke/skit worked better than either of you imagined. In fact, he said to
me in a private email before I started posting to FFL on a regular basis that
one of the highlights of his time there was this little charade you two had
done and that I should be sure to read it because he thought it was probably
the most fun he had had at FFL and that I should be sure not to take it
seriously because he thought the world of you and you were just smart enough
and quick enough to have perfectly played your part. He was still laughing
about it every time he would bring it up to me, which was more than once.
Do you think it may have run mostly in one direction, though?
The "parody" Robin posted about Judy was very revealing - why would Robin do
that if they were such good friends. It's sort of like Robin throwing Judy
under the bus. Go figure.
