Reid and Merritt: One and the Same?
The following rumor just filtered my way:
At a dinner party last weekend a group of Parkies said they believed that there is no Merritt Patterson and that Reid writes the column under that name. They took it a bit further and said that if Merritt does exist she doesn’t really write it, Reid does.
One of the partiers even said, “I knew his mama and he writes that column.”
This is interesting. I can verify that there is indeed a woman who claims to be named Merritt Patterson (though I have not asked to see identification). And that woman is better looking than Reid would be in drag.
But, come to think of it, “Merritt” only ever submits her columns via e-mail. For all I know, maybe Reid is the brains behind the operation?
The fact that the columns are consistently turned in on the day they are due leads me to believe our beloved founder is not responsible for them, however.
From my perspective, I have met the woman claiming to be Merritt, but I have never met anyone claiming to be Reid. How do I know that “Reid” exists?
Come to think of it, I have never seen Merritt and Reid in the same place at the same time. What if it IS the same person, and he/she switches back and forth?
If I were Reid I wouldn’t be so mean to me.
I dunno, Merritt. I did a story once about a man who plucked out his own eye because Bible-reading alter ego told him he was a sinner.
BTW, hi!
I am personal friends with the Park-lebrity known as Merritt Patterson and I can tell you that she exists and she is much funnier than Reid. (Sorry, Reid.)
I have seen them simultaneously (at the Scots Game), althought Reid made sure he did not mix his personal space with Merritt’s, something about creating a black hole or spontaneous combustion, I wasn’t really paying attention, I was watching the game.
Maybe it’s because it would mess up the trajectory of his Merritt hologram.
Bethany’s been watching Scooby Doo. The bad guys always use holograms.
Ruh-roh!
Maybe Reid was afraid I would blog about his Gucci loafers, and I did.