No this is not some tap dance instruction, for those of you who don't know, it was on The Simpsons in one episode, so don't even try to be funny with e-mails about this or I'll show you what a striker is.  Alright now before we begin, let's review how this all began, a history lesson if you will, but this history is hilarious.  It all started at MIT's first gig: it was at Brother Gillins house, there was a surprise party for Amanda Anderson better known to all as Mandi; MIT had already played, so Derek and I were playing pool, then I got an idea, so I decided to act on it.  I grabbed a pool stick and acted upon some inspiration, then told Derek to watch, next I took the pool stick, and tapped Melanie Ellsworth on the shoulder, and pulled it back as quickly as I could.  She looked back in confusion, Derek and I were trying so hard not to laugh, I waited a little while longer and tapped her shoulder again, once again I pulled it back before she knew who did, this time however she said," I could of swore somebody tapped my shoulder", finally Derek and I broke into mad hysterical laughter, I mean we were laughing so hard it looked like we got beat up by Midgets, and realized that people were watching the whole thing, but boy was it funny.  Then we told people about the whole thing and thus Tap A Tap A was born. 

    Now a warning before trying to perform a Tap A Tap A: always remember that you do this at your own risk, knowing full well that if you get hit by elbows, knees, fists, or something else because you performed it; it's your own fault, not ours, so get that straight before you even try to attempt this.  In addition never do this without stretching, you never know if you're going to pull something; I mean what if you do a little Tap A Tap A and pull a groin muscle, but you have a game the next day, what are you going to tell your coach, will you say I tapped some guys shoulder and then moved before he could see me, and then I just pulled my groin; see he's going to think you're stupid, and then please don't bleach your hair, because then he'll just rip on you like a fat guy who eats refried beans before coming to work.  Now that we have all the legalities settled, let's begin, first you want to make sure that the person is not paying attention, then make sure you can pull the maneuver off before they notice, and finally don't be slow, because if you are, you'll get caught, and look really dumb, just like a guy who tries to break a pot over his head, seriously who would do that, oh wait, Andrew Snider.  Okay, enough personal cracks about pot head, back to the topic of discussion, for your first attempt at performing Tap A Tap A, you're going to want to do it on someone you know, that way if you mess up, they'll be cool with, and you don't get hurt, sounds easy enough doesn't it?  So remember, first tap an unsuspecting person on the shoulder, next quickly get out of sight, then engage in conversation with someone in sight, this will make you look like you're not up to something, and finally when they leave, laugh and know you just performed Tap A Tap A.  Now there are several levels to Tap A Tap A, but only experts such as myself should perform them, and don't worry there will be pictures of our exploits of Tap A Tap A soon enough, just you wait and see.