Who is the Official Stooge of alt.fan.joel-furr?
That would be Joe Littrell of Amherst, Massachusetts. When Joel Furr was courting Carole in December of 1995, he wanted to send her an East Carolina University sweatshirt anonymously to try to hint to her that she should consider moving to North Carolina. Joel asked for a stooge on alt.fan.joel-furr; Joe Littrell volunteered; Joel sent the shirt to Joe to send to Carole and Joe graciously complied. Unfortunately, when Carole got the package, she instantly guessed who the true sender of the shirt was and never even looked at the return address or postmark until after she’d told Joel “thanks for the sweatshirt” and got asked “didn’t the postmark fool you?” Sigh. Okay, so it didn’t exactly come off as planned, but Joe Littrell nonetheless earned the title of “Official Stooge.” All hail the Stooge; long may he reign.
