Well, now you have got a chance to ask him. He'll be holding an hour long chat session wednesday 17 september on www.vi.nl , you most likely got to register to have a chance to ask him something though, seeing as you have to register to even read the damned articles these days. Just letting you people know that are actually fans of his, and wouldn't want to miss this opportunity.
I would love to see his face if someone asked him that. From what I know he’s a nice and smart guy, I think he would take it with humor.
So many sleepless nights wondering if Ruud was influenced by Mr. Ed can finally end. I doubt the moderators of the chat would allow this question to even go through, but somebody PLEASE ask it.