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Subject:Re: Did they really mean what it says? From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:16:35 -0500
From: <dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com>
>
> You thought that was nasty? Sorry--I sure didn't mean it that way.
>
> In fact, I was (and remain) amazed by the vehemence of your response to
> his original post.
It wasn't meant to be particularly vehement; it was just an observation that
what I saw was not at all as the poster described it.
>
> The ad would be funny if it were "Protect Your Stomach Lining from Tums"
> or "Protect Your Retirement Fund from Acme Bank" or any of a jillion
> other unintentionally ambiguous possibilities.
>
> Lighten up. I haven't seen anything in this thread that seemed like a
> personal attack.
>
I have. Being called "humorless" is a vicious attack on my personal (and
professional) integrity, David. ; ) Now, let's all have a great week. (I suspect
that now I know why the posting of "cute errors" is generally discouraged on
most mailing lists.)
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