[LMB] Conforming OT: Humour and list-history
Mark Allums
mark at allums.com
Wed Apr 2 19:29:07 BST 2008
D Echelbarger wrote:
> Mark Allums wrote:
>> I am unable to distinguish one from the other.
>
> So I gathered from your comment. So I clarified the comment you commented on.
>
>> I wasn't being a list Nazi by requesting no top posting---that's all it
>> was, a request. No need to mock me.
>
> I wasn't mocking you. I stopped following the top/bottom posting debate some time ago. (And I prefer
> bottom-posting myself, as this and all prior posts by me amply demonstate.) But I saw a post from
> Pouncer (who hadn't posted in ages) so I read it, then read the comments on it. Seeing that you'd
> clearly not "got" Pouncer's (obvious to those who already knew his sense of humor) joke, I clarified
> it for you.
>
> Or at any rate, that was what I intended to do. Both times. If I unintentionally came off as snide
> or condescending, please accept my apologies.
>
> Diane E
>
I should apologize to you, Diane. I was not directing this at you. I
didn't think you were mocking me.
Sorry for the confusion. Sorry for the lack of clarity. Sorry for
appearing to lash out at the wrong person.
--Mark A.
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