Get in your p J's: More Conversation

p : I'd say "No", but you just did so I guess I'm wrong about that.

J : lol...
i'm going to go ahead and ask, and hope it's not rude
how old are you?

p : What'd I tell you last time? 82?

J : i think it was a hundred and something actually..
in yr info it says 42..
and i'm really curious!

p : Well, I've had a birthday since then, so I suppose I should update it to 43, huh?

J : i thought u graduated from college recently..though and your pictures don't look anywhere near 40..

p : Oh right, the pictures. Would it be more believable if I said I was 12?

J : haha no..c'mon u have to be like 28 or close to 30..

p : No I don't. I don't have to be anything I don't want to be. For instance, I'm working on eliminating this whole "carbon-based" issue. But more to the point, I'm neither 28, 30, or anything in between.

J : then...younger?

p : Not exactly, but not older either. It's non-euclidean.

J : are you ashambed of your age?

p : Why? Do you think I should be?

J : no, i wouldn't know because i have only a slight idea how old you are..
but it seems that way, since you won't admit it..

p : Ah, but at this point, if I DID tell you my real age, would you believe me?
Or think I'm still playing around? Now you'll never know.

J : i don't know, i guess if it seemed likely, i might believe you..
but i think i can tell if you're being completely dishonest

p : Really? Is that how you saw through my clever lie that I was 83? Cuz I thought that one was fool-proof. Damn.

J : do you torture everyone that asks you how old you are?

p : Nope. That would get old fast. Just you. Wait, actually few people ask. But still, just you.

J : hahaha...so you're picking me..is it cause i'm only 15? and all your friends are in college..or about your age.. how ever old u are..you probably really are 43.

p : It's not exactly picking on you. I just like playing with people. You seemed really eager to know, and I consider it irrelevant information, so I play. If you think I'm bad you should ask Troll about my dad sometime. Troll's convictions are fun.

J : who's Troll?

p : Troll's Troll. He's a troll, and it took him a while to grasp the concept of "names" (or indeed "concept") so we just call him Troll.

J : doesn't a nickname usually have something to do with the resemblence of the person..does he look like a troll?

p : It's not a nickname, but yeah, of course he does. I assume, anyway, since he's the only troll I've ever seen.

J : it's not a nickname, then why do you call him that?

p : A nickname implies that someone has *another* name.

J : so you're telling me his real name is Troll?

p : Inasmuch as that's thee only name he has, yes.

J : okay...so his birth-name is Troll?
his mother named him..Troll?

p : Well, I've only met one of his mothers, and he always calls him Troll.

J : he has more than one mother?

p : yeah, I think he's up to four now. He keeps talking about his "real mom" Like, "my REAL mom lives in california, where she's a prostitute!"

J : so these other "moms" are stepmoms right? does he have a dad?

p : No stepmoms. He has a dad, a fact he keeps rubbing in my face, just because MY dad doesn't exist.

p : URL: http://www.os.xaxon.ne.jp/~rini/sailor/sumo/26.jpg
This should help explain things.

J : no no no
you did that to confuse me more!
who are they? all of Troll's mothers?

p : No, don't be ridiculous. How the hell could they be Troll's mothers? Those are sumo wrestlers dressed up as the characters of Sailor Moon. What were you thinking?

J : but you said it would explain things..

p : It does. But they're not his mothers.

J : how does it explain anything?

p : If I had to explain the explanation, it wouldn't be a very good explanation, now would it? Meditate on these truths. Now I have to go watch some cartoons about guys playing ping pong with their peckers hanging out the bottom of their shorts, see ya later.

J : *hmph*
this isnt over