Dude
Take it at face value. It was damn clever to think of that gag, and even fewer people would have the means to pull it off. I sincerely appreciate the wit.
Since one of the premises that made removing IP addresses from posts acceptable is that I can retrieve them if need be, it really was good on general principles to actually verify that assumption. I remember designing the system to allow it, but I'm only human, and that was some time ago.
Again, good gag. The hair on my neck rose when I saw it, I rushed to investigate, got a chuckle out of it when I realized ya got me.
Reassuring to find out it's a Zoner, too.