Hats
Out of the blue, this occurs over AIM:
ofhatsandmen: i say, old bean, have you seen my hat?
ofhatsandmen: :-\
Trikotomi: Does your hat resemble a large spider?
ofhatsandmen: no
Trikotomi: Then I suppose I have not.
ofhatsandmen: ok
By this point I've done what I automatically do when a stranger talks to me: google them.
Trikotomi: "TheGreatHatsby is the name of an AIM bot that instigates conversation between two totally unrelated people. Its name is a play on words from the book The Great Gatsby. It is a relay bot that retrieves the most recently updated LiveJournal posts and obtains the AIM screenname of the posting user. It then sends the user the message "i say, old bean, have you seen my hat?""
Trikotomi: Interesting.
ofhatsandmen: what do you mean?
ofhatsandmen: :-\ your confusing me
Trikotomi: Why, nothing at all.
That's rather creative. I almost regret that it didn't get taken further.
ofhatsandmen: i say, old bean, have you seen my hat?
ofhatsandmen: :-\
Trikotomi: Does your hat resemble a large spider?
ofhatsandmen: no
Trikotomi: Then I suppose I have not.
ofhatsandmen: ok
By this point I've done what I automatically do when a stranger talks to me: google them.
Trikotomi: "TheGreatHatsby is the name of an AIM bot that instigates conversation between two totally unrelated people. Its name is a play on words from the book The Great Gatsby. It is a relay bot that retrieves the most recently updated LiveJournal posts and obtains the AIM screenname of the posting user. It then sends the user the message "i say, old bean, have you seen my hat?""
Trikotomi: Interesting.
ofhatsandmen: what do you mean?
ofhatsandmen: :-\ your confusing me
Trikotomi: Why, nothing at all.
That's rather creative. I almost regret that it didn't get taken further.