To paraphrase Senator Lloyd Bentsen in his 1988 vice-presidential debate with Republican nominee Dan Quayle: "We know Bill Merchant. Bill Merchant is a well known PriusChat poster. This is no Bill Merchant."
Bill has exactly the degree of humor with which we imbue him. Bill is timely, yet timeless, contemporary yet eternal. He is No Man, yet, for us, Everyman. Bill is Santa---and, if need be, the Dark Side of the Force. Hegel said: Thesis <---->Antithesis = Synthesis. That's Bill. Synthetic. Synergetic. All-Encompassing.
Better be careful what you say about Bill. He's watching you. Right now. That tingle on the back of your neck, that light rush of air, that weird feeling you have when you look over your shoulder but no one's there. That's Bill. The more you look for him, the less likely you are to find him. When you least expect him, he's right there. Don't close the window; he hasn't finished reading it over your shoulder yet.
Could It be possible that Bill Merchant may be a agent of the ultra secret, National Security Agency (N.S.A.)
All this time I thought that Bill was the hybrid synergy drive logo and had superimposed that man's face around himself using photoshop?
Gee, who's Bill Merchant? Wait a minute, someone is behind me. Who are you? WHO ARE YOU??? Arg. Just my wife. Who's Bill Merchant?