Can Evan Run?

Someone wrote to Evan today: I just pestered either you or someone that looks just like you at the Venice Whole Foods (around 2pm pst on Thurs. 9/3). I said “fluke” and asked if he/you was Evan but he/you denied it in a casual way. At this point, I was too embarrassed to ask for […]

norcal-mixed-sectionals-2005-003Someone wrote to Evan today:

I just pestered either you or someone that looks just like you at the Venice Whole Foods (around 2pm pst on Thurs. 9/3). I said "fluke" and asked if he/you was Evan but he/you denied it in a casual way.

At this point, I was too embarrassed to ask for a pic, but it brought up an important Q for you and Nick: are you allowed to not "surrender" unless and until the hunter both says "fluke" and takes a pic? Will you deny deny deny to anyone that just says "fluke"? Could lead to a lot of look-a-likes getting more harassment/invasion of privacy than they deserve...

The answer is absolutely not. If someone says "fluke" to Evan, Evan will surrender.

It's more complicated if someone says "Hey, you're that Wired guy. What the hell am I supposed to say again?" If that happens, Evan can pause for a second and then walk away. Likewise, if someone says "fluke" but doesn't have a camera, Evan can also pause for a second and walk away.

So that means it wasn't him at Whole Foods.

And here's an IP dump:

Browser 94.136.16.242 3:14 pm (2.5 hours ago)
Browser 66.35.1.170 2:42 pm (3 hours ago)
Browser 204.209.56.56 1:41 pm (4 hours ago)
Browser 206.205.112.34 1:18 pm (4 hours ago)