THE FIRST TROLL

[Archibald Nixon]

Blondie's mention of Orson Welles's 'War of the Worlds' prank back in '38 got me wondering:

What, exactly, would you characterize as the first true "troll" in history?

And I mean dig deep and way back, historians. Prize goes to the best, not necessarily the oldest, example (a cave painting of jack fucking a water buffalo in the neck wouldn't necessarily win --though it should.) of a pre-internet-troll.

::fires starting pistol::

 

[jack]

Boeing Jet into the Pentagon/World Trade Center is a good troll.

 

[jack]

That library that Hitler started on fire to seize power was a good one.

 

[jack]

Pearl Harbor created the Hiroshima and Nagasaki trolls.

 

[jack]

Gulf of Tonkin created the Vietnam troll. That one probably should be voted best one.

 

[jack]

The Final Solution, and subsequent Denial Theory is the most excellent troll yet.

 

[jack]

Thomas Jefferson was really the First Troll, in every sense of the word.

 

[Panda]

God did the best troll when he wrote the bible

 

[Starship Coyote]

I don't know about the first one, but an early one was Voltaire's little prank. He sent out something like 100 anonymous letters to prominent Parisians. All it said was "All is discovered; flee at once." A good many of them disappeared never to be seen again.

 

[Cranky Bastard]

Martin Luther was an excellent troll against the Catholic church.

 

[Enkephalen]

The Big Bang.

 

[Lilac]

Benjamin Franklin and the Poor Richard's Almanac.
Now that was a funny troll.

 

[bad dog]

Thomas Jefferson was really the First Troll, in every sense of the word.

The liberals say he was a "slave owning liberal." :roll:

 

[El Rod d'Irico]

The first troll? "Try this apple."

 

[eloisel]

God is the ultimate troller. He has pwned us all.

 

[Gurk_MacGuintey]

What if god is some dude named Maury who lives in his mom's basement and pretends to be a ganster Thug on the internet?

 

[jack]

God is the ultimate troller. He has pwned us all.

I met God when I was thirteen (I'm not kidding). He's really nice.

 

[jack]

What if god is some dude named Maury who lives in his mom's basement and pretends to be a ganster Thug on the internet?

Tell us about "gansters"

 

[Gurk_MacGuintey]

You've met Thuggie, Jack. Don't play dumb.

 

[Cranky Bastard]

God wears his pants hanging off his ass?

Hmmm.