Comments on: What a Giant Block of Foam can do for your career

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:00:24 +0000

Well, on April 2nd you’re hardly looking for pranks, so it’s easier.

By: Jeff P.

Jeff P. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:27:32 +0000

Wow, good one. You got me, and it’s April 2nd!

By: -d-

-d- — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:52:10 +0000

All these years of knowing you is why I asked.

By: Kristen Behlings

Kristen Behlings — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:50:35 +0000

Ha ha ha! You got me too. In spite of the fact that one does not need to be a professional to be a suit-puppet operator, that the president has better things to do than pal around with the Pork Producers’ Council, and that as a vegetarian, you probably would not choose to work for such a company! (Or would you?)

By: Jeff Soesbe (yeff)

Jeff Soesbe (yeff) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:41:29 +0000

I believed this (I forget about April Fools) until I read the comments.

Because I was going to leave a comment saying “You know, you couldn’t make this stuff up. No one would believe you. Real life really is stranger than fiction.”

So now I’m thinking “it was fake, but I thought it was real, so I was going to comment on how it couldn’t be fake because it’s too crazy to be real, but it turns out it was fake, yet that makes it even more real…”

There’s a whole meta-thing going on in my brain and I’m still working on parsing it.

Well done!

- yeff

By: Deborah Glassberg

Deborah Glassberg — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:10:13 +0000

Excellent April Fool. The pig gig is hysterical. I checked out the LAC page on the National Pork Producer’s Council Link. There’s nothing funnier than the Pork lobby lobbying for pork on Capitol Hill. Is that for real? Hope Rob is feeling ok.

By: -e-

-e- — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:08:45 +0000

You got me pretty well too, though it seemed odd they would need your skill set to just wear the petunia suit. Of course, the only reason you managed to trick so many people is because you are the one person something like this actually COULD happen to!

By: CosmicDog

CosmicDog — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:24:02 +0000

You got me, what a burn! Thanks for the laugh!

By: Fathercrow

Fathercrow — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:18:51 +0000

That’s just too scary to be true.

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:40:32 +0000

haha, you had me for a moment! the interwebs are filled with bacon

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:34:56 +0000

You are fabulous! Best AF I’ve seen this year.

By: tchernabyelo

tchernabyelo — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:23:22 +0000

Gah! Last year, I had no trouble with your AF but this year, you just about got me – I was coming over here to go “This can’t be right, Obama’s in London at the G20″, but hadn’t twigged it as an AF.

Good work.

By: PJ

PJ — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:28:09 +0000

I am viewing all posts with a wary eye today. LOL!

This was one of the only ones that I *wanted* to be true so far.

Still, bacon can work wonders….

~PJ~

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:57:25 +0000

Okay, wait. April Fool’s. Damn it, that’s the third time today I’ve been had and it’s only 10:00. That’ll teach me to comment before reading the other comments. I bought that you had a security file; my husband deals in homeland security and I would not be one bit surprised if I had a file.

Good job on the fool!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:55:01 +0000

Woooooot! Unbelievable! God bless the internets.

By: Krista

Krista — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:49:30 +0000

Now that is a fabulous fabulous April Fool’s joke…you had me right up until the end!
Happy day to you, to Rob, to the Giant Block of Foam, to Petunia Pig, and to Obama too!

By: Joe Sherry

Joe Sherry — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:45:38 +0000

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I’m sooooo gullible!!!!

By: Tony Sinnett

Tony Sinnett — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:21:54 +0000

you had me going too until you mentioned Obama, as everyone is aware he is over here visiting my workshop ;o)

if you add this one to last years you get:

PIGS IN SPAAAAAACE

coincidence?

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:19:04 +0000

It really can!

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:05:59 +0000

I love this story so much. Have fun.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:58:38 +0000

And yet, my brother really did work for the state department!

By: Lawrence M. Schoen

Lawrence M. Schoen — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:57:01 +0000

I so wish you had posted this on a different date.

By: James G

James G — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:56:03 +0000

Brilliant

By: Delia

Delia — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:50:19 +0000

You had me until the part about your already having security clearance because of your brother. The rest of it was totally believable. =D

P.S. Love the pig.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:45:09 +0000

Yes! These are the best compliments.

By: AMLau

AMLau — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:44:22 +0000

You totally had me. I’m so gullible.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:36:28 +0000

Dad! After all the years you’ve know me, how could you possibly doubt me? Yes, Rob really does have a Giant Block of Foam attached to his arm.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:14:00 +0000

Oh, piddly details.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:12:23 +0000

Thank heavens that pigs are largely hairless.

By: -d-

-d- — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:34:26 +0000

OK – Does Rob really have a GBoF attached to his arm or have you just been setting us up for this?

By: Astaryth

Astaryth — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:34:24 +0000

Now, that’s a round about way to get a job. LOL! Still, COOL! I already followed you on Twitter, so I knew about the GBoF. Still, I clicked thru the link from Whatever to confirm my suspicion he was talking about you. LOL! His site sure can drive the traffic!

By: Chang

Chang — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:33:33 +0000

Curse you, Kowal and your pagan holiday!

By: David Macinnis Gill

David Macinnis Gill — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:29:10 +0000

This is lovely! Maybe afterwards, the pig and giant foam hand can go out for pork chops.

PS. You are wicked funny.

By: Alethea Kontis

Alethea Kontis — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:40:34 +0000

Ha! I love you. Have a BLAST!!!
I’m sure you’ll tell us all about it. Unless they make you sign something. Like they did when you won that trip to the moon.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:11:42 +0000

At first I was like …

Then I saw the comments and was like D:

Would have been ubercool, though.

By: Pat Esden

Pat Esden — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:59:31 +0000

You started my day with a laugh–though I have to say I am a bit worried about your husband. In the pix with the bacon he looked less than conscious, perhaps like a puppet whose strings have been cut.

Happy spring!

By: kara gnome

kara gnome — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:00:22 +0000

LOL, you sure got me! I showed this to Bob, saying, “You would not believe all the wonderful things that happen to this lady…” I’ve been taken by bacon! Too cute

It would have been great to meet him…LOL, good one!

It’s nice Rob’s home and recovering Definitely one of those things it’s nice to have over with.

By: Chris Billett

Chris Billett — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:23:35 +0000

I would have totally fallen for that, were I not watching Obama on tv at a UK airport on CNN right now! You can’t have him back!

By: Tara Maya

Tara Maya — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:03:54 +0000

Is this real or an April Fool’s Day joke?! It’s so crazy I can’t tell!

By: C. S. Inman

C. S. Inman — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:29:00 +0000

You know Obama is a furry, right? This might be kind of awkward.

By: Kelvin Kao

Kelvin Kao — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:08:52 +0000

Ahaha, that is too awesome! I am happy for you, for realz.

By: Mike F

Mike F — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:07:17 +0000

Hee hee. Good one! You had me going there for a little while. That’s what happens when one is awake at an insane hour.