According to Wikipedia, a Red Herring is a plot device “intended to distract the reader from a more important event in the plot”
And because I’m not that interested in literature, and more interested in real life things that can help you live through the Cape Town lifestyle, I have a better use for the Red Herring.
It goes like this: Let’s say that you were going to an event where they do not allow alcohol, but you know that you need alcohol to get through this event. Hypothetically speaking we could use this at the J&B Met. So you go in with a bag and you know security are going to check the bag.
So you have stored an Energade bottle full of whisky in an empty Pringles box. This is the booze to use. It’s like the horse on the course. It’s there for victory.
The Red Herring here would be your open bottle of orange juice( 2 litre) which would have enough cane in it so that the security guards would smell it. They see the orange juice is open and they decide to check it. They smell the alcohol and say you cannot bring it in. You say “Ahhhh you caught me!” and they let you in. You look sad.
You walk in, open the Pringles and you have an entire days alcohol with you in the Energade bottle.
The Red Herring is a classic trick and can be used anywhere really. It’s used as deception and always proves to be a winner.
Now you know the Red Herring.
Now you can use and abuse it.
Sean Lloyd
Editor
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