My New Joke? My Old Strategy? : "Under Surveillance"
I've been in a lot of situations in my life where I was worried that someone, maybe a cop, maybe a Private Investigator, maybe a CIA or FBI Agent, maybe a Methamphetamine fueled paranoid delusion; it really doesn't matter which because I have developed a foolproof strategy for dealing with these. What I do, when I spot someone suspicious, is I smile real big and wave directly at them. If they are ultra suspicious I might even approach them and introduce myself in a very friendly manner. The beauty of this is that, if they are spying on you; this totally "blows their cover" and is the last thing they want. Also, you can tell a lot about a person's motives based on how they react to a direct smile and wave. If they are just some innocent stranger then there is certainly no harm in a wave and a little chit-chat. If they jump and look surprised or try too hard to ignore you, well that tells you something. In bigger Intelligence Operations this can have...