Apr 1, 2009
Reverse Trickery: You’ll only trick me if you make me think I’m being tricked when I’m not.
Like this post?
If you had something outlandish but true to say today, I’d know you were joking.
But joke’s on me, because you’re serious.
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This post made absolutely no sense to me, until I realized that it’s April 1st. Tricks on me, I guess.
I don’t like April fool’s day. Why do the rules change? Overt lies, even silly ones, are inappropriate always; clever jokes are always appropriate!
so clever!
Do clever jokes ever entail overt lies?
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I really like the idea of Google’s new program! Maybe soon they’ll come out with one for blogs.
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/autopilot/index.html
If it’s agreed upon that April 1 is a day for tricks, then any deception can’t be a lie bc everyone is aware (or should be aware) that they could be fooled that day.
It’s not a lie to bluff when playing poker bc bluffing is part of the game.
This is exactly why we announced our new pregnancy today to our families. My side won’t believe us until tomorrow. (giggle)
But now that you’re expecting to not be tricked, doesn’t that flip everything again?
I take it you didn’t like the computer tan…LOL