I've been hatted!

[vaxjedi]

Sorry to spam your friend's list, but I'm chatty today. Plus this was too cool.

So I get a random message on AIM from tehgreathatsby. Never heard of the name...

[09:01] tehgreathatsby: i say, old bean, have you seen my hat?
[09:03] VAXJedi: No, but if you hum a few bars, I could fake it
[09:04] tehgreathatsby: ?
[09:05] VAXJedi: !
[09:05] tehgreathatsby: who is this?
[09:05] VAXJedi: My name is Scott. But I guess I should be asking that, as you messaged me
[09:05] tehgreathatsby: I did?
[09:06] VAXJedi: tehgreathatsby: i say, old bean, have you seen my hat?
[09:06] tehgreathatsby: that was you
[09:07] VAXJedi: Not I, said Pooh.
[09:07] tehgreathatsby: O.o

Thanx to the wonder that is Wikipedia, I found out what was going on.

The internet continues to amaze me.

Comments

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Is THAT what that is? That happened to a friend of mine ... :-D Wow.

[seattlejo.livejournal.com]

Thats really weird , in kind of a neat way.

[tallin.livejournal.com]

Although "old sport" would have worked better providing the incarnation of the bot that messaged you was t[e|h][h|e]greathatsby.

[sneezythesquid.livejournal.com]

That's just cool. And for the internet, a fairly harmless prank.

And besides, they say "Old Bean." I love that expression. :)

[yix.livejournal.com]

That's so nifty!

Weird. But nifty.