About 15 years ago my best friend and I went through a phase where we'd make up ridiculous stories to try to start rumors amongst our friends. One involved LaToya Jackson and some snakes. Details are fuzzy but I assure you it was good.
One involved our friend Walter. He was living in Kansas and since he was so far away and somewhat notorious we considered him fair game. Plus, we knew he'd back us up if anyone asked.
The story was that Walter had gotten thrown in jail for starting a bar fight over some issue that, at the time, was quite hilarious. Unfortunately, I can no longer remember what it was that Walter had said or done to get himself in such trouble. My forgetfulness is courtesy of Mogen David 20/20 (then, not now) so please excuse me.The content of the story is not relevant at this point anyway. What is important is that the story was very successful and we had a lot of believers (elevating Walter to celebrity status in some cases).
A couple of months ago my friend and I were reminiscing about the success of this project and how funny it was. How many people believed us! How ridiculous was the story! We were so crazy!
Then my husband (who I met in college says), "You mean that wasn't true? Walter was never in jail?"
Apparently we graduated without revealing the truth. As we now only see Walter every couple years, he was not able to set the story straight either.
I almost felt bad. Almost.
1 comment:
Ah, my finest moment, and it never happened! How apropos (of nothing, as Stephen Crane would say, or did say, or wrote, actually).
Also rather apropos, or sad, really, is the story itself. I moved to Kansas during Desert Shield and just before Desert Storm (that is to say, before the destruction of Iraq, part I). The story was that I was in a bar when someone used the term "camel jockey" and I assaulted the individual, thus landing me in jail.
I must have done something right during my years at college because virtually everyone believed the story.
Considering my own considerable history of lying, do you really think I'd set anyone straight?
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