The Jig is Up – Just another WordPress site

Yesterday morning I sent this email to 36 people:

Dear friends of Colin Knox,

I haven't talked to many of you in a long time -- howdy! A thought has been bouncing around my mind for a while, and TODAY IS THE DAY to try it out! As almost nobody knows, our friend Colin has a blog. Here's the address: http://knodi.blogspot.com/ Today (after a month of inactivity), he posted something about game shows that get their titles from lines from the movie Jerry Maguire. It's just a little observation he had, and I'm sure he does not expect more than about 3 people to ever read it. THAT'S WHERE HE'S WRONG! 😀 Let's all go to his site and post a comment on that Jerry Maguire post. It does NOT have to be a long comment, and it doesn't have to make sense. Just tell him hi, and thanks for posting. Tell him the Jerry Maguire observation is a good point. Whatever you want. We should keep the comments simple (at least at first) and let him wonder why all these old friends he hasn't heard from in months or years are suddenly posting on his blog! Please do not let him know about this email -- I will tell him about it eventually, but I want him to wonder for a while 🙂

Thanks, and see you on Colin's blog! -Derek

Thanks to everyone who posted comments (20 so far)! Throughout the day Friday Colin and I chatted on instant messenger, and he was really excited to get so many comments. All day I alternated between feeling guilty (was this a mean prank?) and laughing uncontrollably.

Then, yesterday afternoon, Colin sent me this email, informing me that the jig was up… the subject of the email was “admit it, you wrote this”:

To: everyone I know From: Derek Subject: Colin's blog

Hey everybody, Derek here. Do me a favor, and all of you go post a comment on Colin's latest blog post. And don't tell him I put you up to this; I want him to think everybody he knows knows about his blog and checks it daily. C'mon, it'll really cheer him up, and it'll only take a minute. Check the imdb quotes page for good quip fodder if you need it.

-- Derek

So I was forced to fess up… That Colin is a canny cat! Colin, thanks for being a good sport, and please don’t hurt me. Everyone else, it’s not too late to get in the action! You can still go here and post a comment! All the cool kids are doing it.

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