1 Has anyone followed it to the end, or does it eventually loop back on itself? The measure of blondness is how many links you follow before you "get" it.

2 I suspect they planned it out in advance, and the original loop is intact somewhere. Jeff and I linked after the fact (well, at least I did). It took me two clicks to know, but I kept going because I was curious about who else had participated in the original loop. However, I didn't have the patience to map that out and figure out who participated in that first wave. It's one of the cleverest things I've ever seen, though: quite the elaborate joke.

3 Well I've added one more strand to the web.

4 Okay. I give up. Is this some sort of secret Mensa test?

5 No, it's just a sort of reader-participation joke in which--after however many clicks--you realize that YOU'RE the blonde. (Speaking for myself, of course.)

6 Lookit! Lookit lookit, Blogmom! I finally figured it out ALL BY MYSELF! first time! and THEN then THEN i made a FUNNY! *sigh* but how could you know since I've never done it all by myself before?

7 Oh, I'm sorry. The problem with having a literal-minded streak is that you tend to anticipate the same in others. Can you imagine how many years it took you-know-who to deliver jokes so that I wouldn't look up at him and earnestly explain whatever-it-was that he'd supposedly misunderstood? I can only compiiment you on your martini-dry delivery!

8 I have a feeling that you-know-who found those earnest explanations endearing, no end.