I like your story, don't ever let them know the truth
You'd better hope they're not lurking in the background reading ECN as well!
Wirecat,
I see from your profile you have cats listed in your interests. I'm a cat-lover myself --I somehow seem to appreciate their nature.
To all,
Come on in and join us, we're a pretty friendly bunch (gotta double check that typing -- A local taxi company here recently printed a whole batch of flyer ads and only later realized that they'd accidentally advertised "Fast & fiendly service"