Let's all be honest here. Which Child of the Troubles hasn't spun a yarn to a gullible Yank?
Two things... first of all, it wasn't only Americans. I remember stringing a Swedish camera crew on for a while.
Second, we're laughing about it but let's be honest, it's weird. It's not about mocking anyone that things actually happened to, as NI people will know. It's coping. Really weird coping.
OK. I'm starting to remember more now...

We used to pretend the chopper searchlight was a spotlight and do dances under it.
Once in a meeting in the US, I suggested a mercury tilt switch might solve a particular problem.
I went to a Halloween party in Ohio dressed in black and told them I'd come as an IRA sleeper unit.
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