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Oh Yes, I'm the Great Pretender

This is truly wonderful...a case of mistaken identity where the pseudo "authority" thought "What da heck. I can pull this off". Matthew Richardson, Oxford engineering student, proceeded to devour an economics text book on Global Financial Markets on his flight to China where he would be speaking as an "expert" at a major conference.

He soon exceeded his capacities of bluff (learning only from the podium that he was speaking as an authority to Chinese PhD and MBA students and not high-school students as he had expected). He ducked out during a coffee break on the second day before he was found out, and caught a flight back to Britain.

The article never said if he got his honorarium. The real intended expert by the same name applauded his stand-in. Matthew, you got cajunas, buddy. Ever thought about a career in politics?

Posted by fred1st on February 23, 2004 8:41 AM |

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Posted by: Jeremiah | February 23, 2004 10:17 AM

Did you hear me laughing way back there in Virginia? Priceless!

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