Re-opening the Wilmslow "Is he real" debate:

[TheFaQQer]

Here's the point at which he arrived at the pub, if you want to review the saga

But turning up and saying "I'm Wilmslow" doesn't mean that he is any more real than turning up and saying, for example, "I'm DimPrawn". They may well be one and the same...

First CUK do I did, I was introduced to many people (yourself included). I was also introduced to Spartacus, but I don't know what his / her alternative ID really is. I didn't introduce myself as any of my sockpuppets, either

[NickFitz]

But turning up and saying "I'm Wilmslow" doesn't mean that he is any more real than turning up and saying, for example, "I'm DimPrawn". They may well be one and the same...

First CUK do I did, I was introduced to many people (yourself included). I was also introduced to Spartacus, but I don't know what his / her alternative ID really is. I didn't introduce myself as any of my sockpuppets, either

However, the posts from the pub prove that the person in the pub was the one who posts as Wilmslow, which is where Zippy's point comes in

[Zippy]

Touche - but I thought my explanation was simple!

'Twas simple, but not the simplest. And you may yet be proved right

[EternalOptimist]

But turning up and saying "I'm Wilmslow" doesn't mean that he is any more real than turning up and saying, for example, "I'm DimPrawn". They may well be one and the same...

First CUK do I did, I was introduced to many people (yourself included). I was also introduced to Spartacus, but I don't know what his / her alternative ID really is. I didn't introduce myself as any of my sockpuppets, either

you miss the point. we are not talking about labels here, it really was Wilmslow

if you see what I mean

[TheFaQQer]

you miss the point. we are not talking about labels here, it really was Wilmslow

if you see what I mean

No, I don't.

If I had turned up and said "I'm XX" and posted a couple of times as XX saying I was in the pub, that would prove that I was XX. It would not prove that I wasn't anyone else.

Wilmslow turned up to the pub, but that is no evidence that he isn't a creation of another poster.

[MarillionFan]

No, I don't.

If I had turned up and said "I'm XX" and posted a couple of times as XX saying I was in the pub, that would prove that I was XX. It would not prove that I wasn't anyone else.

Wilmslow turned up to the pub, but that is no evidence that he isn't a creation of another poster.

You sure it wasnt really the guy Menaleus(?) you were all banging on about last week, and he's taken you for a ride again?

[MaryPoppins]

You sure it wasnt really the guy Menaleus(?) you were all banging on about last week, and he's taken you for a ride again?

Can't have been, cos we know what he looks like.

[Churchill]

No, I don't.

If I had turned up and said "I'm XX" and posted a couple of times as XX saying I was in the pub, that would prove that I was XX. It would not prove that I wasn't anyone else.

Wilmslow turned up to the pub, but that is no evidence that he isn't a creation of another poster.

For the record he didn't turn up and say "I'm Wilmslow".

What actually happened was that a guy walked past our table who I thought was Wilmslow-like. He rounded the corner and was out of sight, I shouted "Wilmsloooowwwww!" and he came back.

He is real.

[TheFaQQer]

For the record he didn't turn up and say "I'm Wilmslow".

What actually happened was that a guy walked past our table who I thought was Wilmslow-like. He rounded the corner and was out of sight, I shouted "Wilmsloooowwwww!" and he came back.

He is real.

And that proves that he isn't additionally another poster? How?

[cailin maith]

And that proves that he isn't additionally another poster? How?

What does it matter, he is still Wilmslow