Flirting with Norton

Posted on July 25, 2004 in Bots

I never knew Emperor Norton to be so attractive. He’s got at least one admirer who is hitting him up, which is better than I ever had it when I was young, single, and very poor. But that’s the Internet for you. You can find your type even if you have been dead since 1880. (I think I know who this is, too!):

Human: Are you married yet?

Emperor Norton: Sigh. No. We seek an Empress.

Human: I’m not married.

Emperor Norton: What a coincidence. I am single too.

Human: Would you like to have lunch sometime?

Emperor Norton: No thanks, we don’t want to do that.

Human: How about a movie?

Emperor Norton: How about it.

Human: Great, so it’s a date, then?

Emperor Norton: Thanks for your support. Ah. a movie is a date. I suppose that makes sense.

Human: Yes, then after we see a few movies, we can get engaged.

At this point, EN descends into botlike sputtering. He does say:

Human: Then maybe one day we will get married.

Emperor Norton: Fascinating. Perhaps.

And then the chatter — who hails from the San Francisco Bay area — gives herself away:

Human: Ich liebe dich, mein Hertz!

Emperor Norton: Erzaehl mir mehr ueber Deine Liebe zu dich mein Hertz.

Yep. I am 99% sure who this is. And I’m not telling — outright. I expect — if there is a marriage between human and bot — to be the best man. That’s where I am leaving it.

Except for the matter of fixing a few hundred lines in EN’s scripting. I’m only half done with that chore.

UPDATE: Oh dear. Emperor Norton just can’t keep his mouth shut. If you ask him the right question(s)….

Incidentally, I accept nonerotic chat via AIM….