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Subject:RE: This is a test From:"James Barrow" <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net> To:"'TECHWR-L'" <TECHWR-L -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:41:22 -0800
>Richard Combs said:
>>James Barrow wrote:
>>
>>Why can't humor be left to those of us that do it well? Richard, although
>>I found your humor quite funny, it made Al go all kerfuffle. He forgot
>>the (?) above. Here Al, this one's on me: (?).
>
>You're a pro, James, and I stand in awe before you.
Awww...
>Clearly, some of us take humor too seriously. Or not seriously enough. Or
>something.
This porridge is too hot. This porridge is too cold...
>But if the rest of us just give up, do you really have time to do *all* the
>Friday afternoon postings yourself? ;-)
Gadzooks, I completely forgot about that. I don't think I have that much
free time. When I'm not mentoring junior tech writers, I have my regular
duties as Grand Poobah of the Sarcasm Society.
Do you guys have any idea how hard it is to work the words 'kerfuffle' and
'poobah' into casual conversation?
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