On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 18:19, Merlin Zener wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 04:55, ed tharp wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 16:42, Charlie M. wrote:
> > <careful snipping of all context...>
> > > 
> > > By not answering any more questions.
> > > 
> > > 
> 
> oh dear...
> 
> It was meant to be funny.
> 
> Sorry: I thought it was obvious, even though I didn't plaster smileys
> all over it.
> My impression was, this list is well acquainted with the Australian
> style of self-deprecating humor: some misfortune befalls you, and you
> don't bottle it up and turn into a miserable git, you tell your mates,
> everyone has a laugh, you learn something and move on.
> 
> Oh well.
> Clearly, the fact that I'm typing this means it wasn't taken in the
> spirit it was meant. [If you have to explain the joke, then it isn't
> one...]
ahhh not realllllly,, I am excedingly dense, and I do sincerly
apperciate anyone explaining the joke out to me,, after reading the
reply's I think that I may well be the only one that did not get the
joke right off,,, including Charlie...


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