On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 06:52:37 +0800, Chris B. McKinney
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Lest anybody else missed it, I will take this opportunity to
>clear something up.  In my recent post which bothered you, I was
>making a joke (perhaps too subtle without the smileys), in which
>I feigned offense, not at being a tub-o-lard, but at being
>classed with Nick.
>
>Looking back, I kinda wish I hadn't, as I don't really know Nick
>beyond his on-line persona and what various people have to say
>about him; but at the time, I couldn't resist my overly-clever
>attempt at humor.
>
>Chris

Glad you cleared the air.  I take it on good faith that you are
not pulling a Nick-like trick <G>, that after flaming me about my
Humor AD in address change, said later that it was HIS humor and
"underhanded compliment" to which Viv said ... something to the
effect that if either were true, it was sooooooo subtle that it
went right over her head!   :-)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Reef Fish
>> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 10:58 PM
>>
>> As for Chris B. McKinney, he wasted no time last
>> September to (in his
>> 2nd post ever in SE) to tell me if I didn't like what
>> Nick did to
>> Scuba-L, I could start my own list, blah, blah, blah ...

That was no JOKE, was it?   :-)  I am SURE that your September
post was not meant to be a joke and it wasn't a joke.

So, given the HISTORY, if you had intended to make it HUMOR in
your "subtle joke", IMHO, a smiley or three would have been a
good ounce of prevention on anyone (especially me) misinterpreting
your joke.

Okay.  End of episode, as far as I am concern.

BTW, I used to sell Smileys in Scuba-L.  Wanna order a dozen or two?
:-) :-)   It's ON SALE, CHEEEEEP.

-- Bob.