Is my friend a spy?

MNBrant · 30th June 2012, 05:58 PM

My address book disappeared last week right after my friend of 10 years visited. I immediately suspected him of taking it. Some days later I called him and he in fact did have my address book. He had no idea why he had it. Are there any other plausible explanations other than the spy one? Anybody with experience spying want to chime in?

Childlike Empress · 30th June 2012, 06:05 PM

You mean a physical address book? Where the Borg hasn't immediate access? That's suspicious in itself.

Border Reiver · 30th June 2012, 06:06 PM

If you immediately suspected him why wait days to make the call?

Carnivore · 30th June 2012, 06:11 PM

If he was a spy, why would he admit taking the book? Where did he have it? Who is in the address book that he could be interested in contacting? Have you ever suspected him of being under some form of mind control? Does he have a sinister foriegn accent? ("sinister" and "foriegn" dependent on location). Did he use an elaborate series of subterfuges to obtain the address book? Could it have simply fallen from the phone table in the hall into his umbrella in the stand next to it? Does he wear a trench coat?

(I once spied on my neighbours' barbecue from my awesome secret treehouse.)

Cl1mh4224rd · 30th June 2012, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by MNBrant

Are there any other plausible explanations other than the spy one?

Kleptomania, perhaps?

Or maybe you just shouldn't keep the phone numbers and current locations of heads of state in your address book...

I Ratant · 30th June 2012, 07:20 PM

Are you involved in anything a spy might be interested in?
I'm guessing no.

The Dark Lord · 30th June 2012, 08:44 PM

Yes. I am his boss. I ordered him to take it.

marplots · 30th June 2012, 09:21 PM

I planted it on him. Naturally, after I copied it.

Expect to start receiving many interesting magazines in the mail. Don't pay now, we'll bill you later.

Jodie · 30th June 2012, 09:26 PM

Maybe he just accidentally picked it up thinking it was something of his and didn't realize he did it until you called to ask about it.

ComfySlippers · 30th June 2012, 09:35 PM

Maybe, just maybe, everyone isn't out to get you.

Biscuit · 30th June 2012, 09:45 PM

Get an iphone.

Seriously what is in your address book that a spy could want?

marplots · 30th June 2012, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by Biscuit

Get an iphone.

Seriously what is in your address book that a spy could want?

McDonald's coupons.

jimfish · 1st July 2012, 12:12 AM

My father once packed a tub of butter for work, thinking it was his lunchbox, and my sister left with the television remote in her handbag, thinking it was her glasses case. Spent the whole day looking for it.

Sometimes people do bizarre things without paying attention.

Matthew Ellard · 1st July 2012, 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by MNBrant

My address book disappeared last week right after my friend of 10 years visited. I immediately suspected him of taking it. Some days later I called him and he in fact did have my address book. He had no idea why he had it. Are there any other plausible explanations other than the spy one? Anybody with experience spying want to chime in?

Hypothetically, an intelligence officer, working in the field, would not let you realise that he had copied the address book if you were a target. Once you had realised he had taken it, you would simply warn your network through some other method not connected with the address book.

Indeed phone numbers and addresses are not all that useful anyway. If you had a network you would have special words and anticipated responses with your "fellow travellers" in the address book. A false shop front is just a normal shop without this information.

Counter intelligence is about determining the enemy's network. Real intelligence is the pragmatic gathering of useful information like the range of vehicles, the loaded weight of a specific helicopter, the petrol reserves at forward bases....stuff gathered from secured technical manuals and internal documents....not address books.

deeper · 1st July 2012, 05:39 AM

Originally Posted by MNBrant

My address book disappeared last week right after my friend of 10 years visited. I immediately suspected him of taking it. Some days later I called him and he in fact did have my address book. He had no idea why he had it. Are there any other plausible explanations other than the spy one? Anybody with experience spying want to chime in?

Considering you have spoken openly about your mental health problems in the past, I suggest not letting them get the better of you in this instance. The chances of him spying on you are virtually zero and the chances of him having picked up your address book by mistake are very high (it happens to other people all the time). I wouldn't give it any more thought and don't let it tarnish a long-term friendship.

Tomtomkent · 1st July 2012, 05:48 AM

The bluetit is nesting in the grey loft.

dafydd · 1st July 2012, 05:53 AM

Operative X3 has blown his cover. Execute plan Midnight Blue.

Tatyana · 1st July 2012, 05:53 AM

Originally Posted by deeper

Considering you have spoken openly about your mental health problems in the past, I suggest not letting them get the better of you in this instance. The chances of him spying on you are virtually zero and the chances of him having picked up your address book by mistake are very high (it happens to other people all the time). I wouldn't give it any more thought and don't let it tarnish a long-term friendship.

This.

I don't think your friend is spying on you, it is highly likely that was a mistake he picked it up.

calebprime · 1st July 2012, 05:58 AM

Originally Posted by Jodie

Maybe he just accidentally picked it up thinking it was something of his and didn't realize he did it until you called to ask about it.

I second this entirely reasonable idea.

sophia8 · 1st July 2012, 06:00 AM

Originally Posted by Tomtomkent

The bluetit is nesting in the grey loft.

But the womwood is blooming late and the sparrow has no supper.

Carnivore · 1st July 2012, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by deeper

Considering you have spoken openly about your mental health problems in the past, I suggest not letting them get the better of you in this instance. The chances of him spying on you are virtually zero and the chances of him having picked up your address book by mistake are very high (it happens to other people all the time). I wouldn't give it any more thought and don't let it tarnish a long-term friendship.

... and now I regret answering flippantly. This, seriously.

calebprime · 1st July 2012, 06:10 AM

Thanks, Carnivore.

Tatyana · 1st July 2012, 06:22 AM

I really hope most of the people in this thread who have answered in such a wanker-ish manner are unaware of the things that MN Brant has previously posted.

All too often people are being really insensitive to people who have mental health issues.

Rolfe · 1st July 2012, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by Jodie

Maybe he just accidentally picked it up thinking it was something of his and didn't realize he did it until you called to ask about it.

Originally Posted by deeper

Considering you have spoken openly about your mental health problems in the past, I suggest not letting them get the better of you in this instance. The chances of him spying on you are virtually zero and the chances of him having picked up your address book by mistake are very high (it happens to other people all the time). I wouldn't give it any more thought and don't let it tarnish a long-term friendship.

This, again. These simple little mistakes happen all the time. Someone packing or getting his stuff together accidentally picks something up that belongs to his host. I've done it myself.

You seem to understand your mental health problems quite well. Try to understand that it's these same problems causing you to imagine sinister and unlikely explanations for a very ordinary and unsinister occurrence.

Rolfe.

I Ratant · 1st July 2012, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by Tomtomkent

The bluetit is nesting in the grey loft.

.
And hiding in the chalice from the palace.

sadhatter · 1st July 2012, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Border Reiver

If you immediately suspected him why wait days to make the call?

This, i can understand, sometimes things can just stack up evidence against someone when they really didn't do it, so you have to be sure.

Off of the top of my head, i can think of 2 major incidents in my life where this happened. Once , all evidence ( and it was some good evidence.) made it appear to my roommate that i had stolen about 200 dollars. When i did not, leading to 2 rather awkward days, before he found it. And the second happened to a friend of mine, who , through a series of jokes, and being the last person to handle it, seemed to have stolen one of my favorite knives.

sadhatter · 1st July 2012, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by Tatyana

I really hope most of the people in this thread who have answered in such a wanker-ish manner are unaware of the things that MN Brant has previously posted.

All too often people are being really insensitive to people who have mental health issues.

All too often folks will see legitimate mental health issues in someone who is taking the piss, because it gives them a chance to seem morally superior to others.

Seriously, trollin 101 here, claim a mental defect and watch folks fight it out.

dafydd · 2nd July 2012, 02:15 AM

Originally Posted by Tatyana

I really hope most of the people in this thread who have answered in such a wanker-ish manner are unaware of the things that MN Brant has previously posted.

All too often people are being really insensitive to people who have mental health issues.

Making fun of people on internet forums who claim to have mental health issues is a major mental health issue of mine.

Multivac · 2nd July 2012, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by sadhatter

All too often folks will see legitimate mental health issues in someone who is taking the piss, because it gives them a chance to seem morally superior to others.

Seriously, trollin 101 here, claim a mental defect and watch folks fight it out.

Having read some of MNBrant's other posts, I don't think so as many of his posts hint at paranoia.

Even if MNBrant is trolling, I would rather be caught out and respond in a friendly and humane fashion.

To answer the OP, no I don't think your friend is a spy. As many other posters have pointed out, he probably picked it up my mistake or when he was distracted.

mikeyx · 2nd July 2012, 08:21 AM

Did you get the ransom note yet?

ComfySlippers · 2nd July 2012, 10:11 AM

Perhaps your friend is not a spy but everyone who posts in this thread is?

I moved your kettle last night btw.

If you really are still having all these paranoid thoughts then seek medical help because, in all honesty, most of your rants reek of crazy.

Rolfe · 2nd July 2012, 10:34 AM

Hey, if you read his earlier posts, he has sought help and is on medication. He seems to be trying his best to cope with his symptoms, without doping himself into complete zombie-hood. I don't think "most of your rants reek of crazy" is altogether the most helpful thing to say under the circumstances.

Rolfe.

ApolloGnomon · 2nd July 2012, 01:37 PM

An actual spy would have photographed the address book with a ring or belt buckle camera while you were in the kitchen or something and you would never have known about it. Only a rank amateur would take the entire book while visiting.

Robrob · 2nd July 2012, 09:48 PM

It amazes me the number of people who continually fall for this obvious Poe.

ComfySlippers · 2nd July 2012, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by Rolfe

Hey, if you read his earlier posts, he has sought help and is on medication. He seems to be trying his best to cope with his symptoms, without doping himself into complete zombie-hood. I don't think "most of your rants reek of crazy" is altogether the most helpful thing to say under the circumstances.

Rolfe.

Whereas Mr Paranoid asking for suggestions about his real life friend from a bunch of anonymous forum posters is believable?

Quote:

It amazes me the number of people who continually fall for this obvious Poe.

This.

Agatha · 3rd July 2012, 02:41 AM

Originally Posted by Robrob

It amazes me the number of people who continually fall for this obvious Poe.

Is that your expert diagnosis, having interviewed and examined the OP and read his medical history?

Maybe he is lying about his mental health condition, maybe not. Either way, the intelligent thing to do is either to take his posts at face value or to ignore them; poking fun or enabling the delusions is IMO a really crappy way to behave.

Multivac · 3rd July 2012, 03:18 AM

Originally Posted by Agatha

Is that your expert diagnosis, having interviewed and examined the OP and read his medical history?

Maybe he is lying about his mental health condition, maybe not. Either way, the intelligent thing to do is either to take his posts at face value or to ignore them; poking fun or enabling the delusions is IMO a really crappy way to behave.

DrDave · 3rd July 2012, 03:26 AM

Originally Posted by ApolloGnomon

An actual spy would have photographed the address book with a ring or belt buckle camera while you were in the kitchen or something and you would never have known about it. Only a rank amateur would take the entire book while visiting.

My friend visited me the other day, and my address book was untouched as far as I know. Could he be a spy?

To the op - no, it's extremely unlikely anyone is spying on you. And definitely not by taking things so obviously and visibly

Robrob · 3rd July 2012, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by Agatha

Originally Posted by Robrob

It amazes me the number of people who continually fall for this obvious Poe.

Is that your expert diagnosis, having interviewed and examined the OP and read his medical history?

Maybe he is lying about his mental health condition, maybe not. Either way, the intelligent thing to do is either to take his posts at face value or to ignore them; poking fun or enabling the delusions is IMO a really crappy way to behave.

Perhaps you aren't familiar with the term? "Poe" is internet slang for someone intentionally "posing" as a lunatic or someone with an otherwise outrageous POV. Sort of a passive Troll.

Cl1mh4224rd · 3rd July 2012, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by Robrob

Perhaps you aren't familiar with the term? "Poe" is internet slang for someone intentionally "posing" as a lunatic or someone with an otherwise outrageous POV. Sort of a passive Troll.

The label implies that it's difficult or impossible to determine if the person or claim is serious or just a parody. However, overtly accusing someone or something of being a Poe is meant to imply that they or it shouldn't be taken seriously, which is exactly what Agatha is arguing against.

Unfortunately, it seems there are number of people who would rather ridicule a potentially ill person than take the chance of showing sympathy for someone who isn't actually ill. That's really kind of sad...

(And before anyone points to my previous post in the thread, I did offer a serious alternative. The second sentence was meant as a light-hearted quip.)

30th June 2012, 05:58 PM	#1
MNBrant Master Poster Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 2,156	Is my friend a spy? My address book disappeared last week right after my friend of 10 years visited. I immediately suspected him of taking it. Some days later I called him and he in fact did have my address book. He had no idea why he had it. Are there any other plausible explanations other than the spy one? Anybody with experience spying want to chime in?
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30th June 2012, 06:05 PM	#2
Childlike Empress Ewige Blumenkraft Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ivory Tower Posts: 7,834	You mean a physical address book? Where the Borg hasn't immediate access? That's suspicious in itself.
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30th June 2012, 06:06 PM	#3
Border Reiver Master Poster Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 2,183	If you immediately suspected him why wait days to make the call?
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30th June 2012, 06:11 PM	#4
Carnivore Salad Dodger Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 1,383	If he was a spy, why would he admit taking the book? Where did he have it? Who is in the address book that he could be interested in contacting? Have you ever suspected him of being under some form of mind control? Does he have a sinister foriegn accent? ("sinister" and "foriegn" dependent on location). Did he use an elaborate series of subterfuges to obtain the address book? Could it have simply fallen from the phone table in the hall into his umbrella in the stand next to it? Does he wear a trench coat? (I once spied on my neighbours' barbecue from my awesome secret treehouse.)
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30th June 2012, 06:42 PM	#5
Cl1mh4224rd Philosopher Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 6,618	Originally Posted by MNBrant Are there any other plausible explanations other than the spy one? Kleptomania, perhaps? Or maybe you just shouldn't keep the phone numbers and current locations of heads of state in your address book...
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30th June 2012, 07:20 PM	#6
I Ratant Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15,305	Are you involved in anything a spy might be interested in? I'm guessing no.

30th June 2012, 08:44 PM	#7
The Dark Lord Suspended Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,860	Yes. I am his boss. I ordered him to take it.
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30th June 2012, 09:21 PM	#8
marplots Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,383	I planted it on him. Naturally, after I copied it. Expect to start receiving many interesting magazines in the mail. Don't pay now, we'll bill you later.
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30th June 2012, 09:26 PM	#9
Jodie Graduate Poster Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 1,906	Maybe he just accidentally picked it up thinking it was something of his and didn't realize he did it until you called to ask about it.
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30th June 2012, 09:45 PM	#11
Biscuit Illuminator Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4,767	Get an iphone. Seriously what is in your address book that a spy could want?
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30th June 2012, 10:45 PM	#12
marplots Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,383	Originally Posted by Biscuit Get an iphone. Seriously what is in your address book that a spy could want? McDonald's coupons.
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1st July 2012, 12:12 AM	#13
jimfish Critical Thinker Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 269	My father once packed a tub of butter for work, thinking it was his lunchbox, and my sister left with the television remote in her handbag, thinking it was her glasses case. Spent the whole day looking for it. Sometimes people do bizarre things without paying attention.
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1st July 2012, 12:34 AM	#14
Matthew Ellard Muse Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 916	Originally Posted by MNBrant My address book disappeared last week right after my friend of 10 years visited. I immediately suspected him of taking it. Some days later I called him and he in fact did have my address book. He had no idea why he had it. Are there any other plausible explanations other than the spy one? Anybody with experience spying want to chime in? Hypothetically, an intelligence officer, working in the field, would not let you realise that he had copied the address book if you were a target. Once you had realised he had taken it, you would simply warn your network through some other method not connected with the address book. Indeed phone numbers and addresses are not all that useful anyway. If you had a network you would have special words and anticipated responses with your "fellow travellers" in the address book. A false shop front is just a normal shop without this information. Counter intelligence is about determining the enemy's network. Real intelligence is the pragmatic gathering of useful information like the range of vehicles, the loaded weight of a specific helicopter, the petrol reserves at forward bases....stuff gathered from secured technical manuals and internal documents....not address books.
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1st July 2012, 05:39 AM	#15
deeper Critical Thinker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Missing Minnie Posts: 329	Originally Posted by MNBrant My address book disappeared last week right after my friend of 10 years visited. I immediately suspected him of taking it. Some days later I called him and he in fact did have my address book. He had no idea why he had it. Are there any other plausible explanations other than the spy one? Anybody with experience spying want to chime in? Considering you have spoken openly about your mental health problems in the past, I suggest not letting them get the better of you in this instance. The chances of him spying on you are virtually zero and the chances of him having picked up your address book by mistake are very high (it happens to other people all the time). I wouldn't give it any more thought and don't let it tarnish a long-term friendship.

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1st July 2012, 05:53 AM	#18
Tatyana Illuminator Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Experiment 1: Flame and Flesh Posts: 3,431	Originally Posted by deeper Considering you have spoken openly about your mental health problems in the past, I suggest not letting them get the better of you in this instance. The chances of him spying on you are virtually zero and the chances of him having picked up your address book by mistake are very high (it happens to other people all the time). I wouldn't give it any more thought and don't let it tarnish a long-term friendship. This. I don't think your friend is spying on you, it is highly likely that was a mistake he picked it up.

1st July 2012, 05:58 AM	#19
calebprime Somewhat Elitist Parasite Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,754	Originally Posted by Jodie Maybe he just accidentally picked it up thinking it was something of his and didn't realize he did it until you called to ask about it. I second this entirely reasonable idea.
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1st July 2012, 06:09 AM	#21
Carnivore Salad Dodger Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 1,383	Originally Posted by deeper Considering you have spoken openly about your mental health problems in the past, I suggest not letting them get the better of you in this instance. The chances of him spying on you are virtually zero and the chances of him having picked up your address book by mistake are very high (it happens to other people all the time). I wouldn't give it any more thought and don't let it tarnish a long-term friendship. ... and now I regret answering flippantly. This, seriously.
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1st July 2012, 06:10 AM	#22
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1st July 2012, 06:22 AM	#23
Tatyana Illuminator Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Experiment 1: Flame and Flesh Posts: 3,431	I really hope most of the people in this thread who have answered in such a wanker-ish manner are unaware of the things that MN Brant has previously posted. All too often people are being really insensitive to people who have mental health issues.

1st July 2012, 06:43 AM	#24
Rolfe Anti-homeopathy illuminati member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NT 150 511 Posts: 34,322	Originally Posted by Jodie Maybe he just accidentally picked it up thinking it was something of his and didn't realize he did it until you called to ask about it. Originally Posted by deeper Considering you have spoken openly about your mental health problems in the past, I suggest not letting them get the better of you in this instance. The chances of him spying on you are virtually zero and the chances of him having picked up your address book by mistake are very high (it happens to other people all the time). I wouldn't give it any more thought and don't let it tarnish a long-term friendship. This, again. These simple little mistakes happen all the time. Someone packing or getting his stuff together accidentally picks something up that belongs to his host. I've done it myself. You seem to understand your mental health problems quite well. Try to understand that it's these same problems causing you to imagine sinister and unlikely explanations for a very ordinary and unsinister occurrence. Rolfe.
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1st July 2012, 09:28 AM	#25
I Ratant Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15,305	Originally Posted by Tomtomkent The bluetit is nesting in the grey loft. . And hiding in the chalice from the palace.

1st July 2012, 01:17 PM	#26
sadhatter Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,743	Originally Posted by Border Reiver If you immediately suspected him why wait days to make the call? This, i can understand, sometimes things can just stack up evidence against someone when they really didn't do it, so you have to be sure. Off of the top of my head, i can think of 2 major incidents in my life where this happened. Once , all evidence ( and it was some good evidence.) made it appear to my roommate that i had stolen about 200 dollars. When i did not, leading to 2 rather awkward days, before he found it. And the second happened to a friend of mine, who , through a series of jokes, and being the last person to handle it, seemed to have stolen one of my favorite knives.
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1st July 2012, 01:20 PM	#27
sadhatter Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,743	Originally Posted by Tatyana I really hope most of the people in this thread who have answered in such a wanker-ish manner are unaware of the things that MN Brant has previously posted. All too often people are being really insensitive to people who have mental health issues. All too often folks will see legitimate mental health issues in someone who is taking the piss, because it gives them a chance to seem morally superior to others. Seriously, trollin 101 here, claim a mental defect and watch folks fight it out.
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2nd July 2012, 02:15 AM	#28
dafydd Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Belgium (Flatland) Posts: 31,454	Originally Posted by Tatyana I really hope most of the people in this thread who have answered in such a wanker-ish manner are unaware of the things that MN Brant has previously posted. All too often people are being really insensitive to people who have mental health issues. Making fun of people on internet forums who claim to have mental health issues is a major mental health issue of mine.
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2nd July 2012, 07:43 AM	#29
Multivac Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,927	Originally Posted by sadhatter All too often folks will see legitimate mental health issues in someone who is taking the piss, because it gives them a chance to seem morally superior to others. Seriously, trollin 101 here, claim a mental defect and watch folks fight it out. Having read some of MNBrant's other posts, I don't think so as many of his posts hint at paranoia. Even if MNBrant is trolling, I would rather be caught out and respond in a friendly and humane fashion. To answer the OP, no I don't think your friend is a spy. As many other posters have pointed out, he probably picked it up my mistake or when he was distracted.

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2nd July 2012, 10:11 AM	#31
ComfySlippers Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Posts: 1,081	Perhaps your friend is not a spy but everyone who posts in this thread is? I moved your kettle last night btw. If you really are still having all these paranoid thoughts then seek medical help because, in all honesty, most of your rants reek of crazy.
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2nd July 2012, 10:34 AM	#32
Rolfe Anti-homeopathy illuminati member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NT 150 511 Posts: 34,322	Hey, if you read his earlier posts, he has sought help and is on medication. He seems to be trying his best to cope with his symptoms, without doping himself into complete zombie-hood. I don't think "most of your rants reek of crazy" is altogether the most helpful thing to say under the circumstances. Rolfe.
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2nd July 2012, 01:37 PM	#33
ApolloGnomon Aluminum Tripod Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Time Zone Zed Zed Plural Zed Alpha Posts: 1,904	An actual spy would have photographed the address book with a ring or belt buckle camera while you were in the kitchen or something and you would never have known about it. Only a rank amateur would take the entire book while visiting.
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2nd July 2012, 09:48 PM	#34
Robrob Illuminator Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 3,660	It amazes me the number of people who continually fall for this obvious Poe.
Robrob Illuminator Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 3,660

2nd July 2012, 11:47 PM	#35
ComfySlippers Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Posts: 1,081	Originally Posted by Rolfe Hey, if you read his earlier posts, he has sought help and is on medication. He seems to be trying his best to cope with his symptoms, without doping himself into complete zombie-hood. I don't think "most of your rants reek of crazy" is altogether the most helpful thing to say under the circumstances. Rolfe. Whereas Mr Paranoid asking for suggestions about his real life friend from a bunch of anonymous forum posters is believable? Quote: It amazes me the number of people who continually fall for this obvious Poe. This.
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