> I have no clue what expressions they're searching for, or how they deal > with what they read. They obviously didn't realize that I was joking in > this case. Now I'm worried that there might be other situations where > they take things out of context and have no sense of humor. What can I > do to protect myself from being wrongly accused because of the > misinterpreted contents of any future email?
I would recommend filtering your own sense of humor. What some people think is funny, others do not, and it can cause problems. For example, if you are in Russia and you hear Стой, кто идёт? followed by Стой, стрелять буду! you know you have approached a guarded military object, and alerted the attention of the guard. After the guard shoots, you will not have a chance to explain that you were just kidding. On a similar note, jokes at the airport are bad. Do not kid a police officer when he starts flashing his lights behind you even if you think it is funny. Etc. Restrict using your sense of humor to situations where you are absolutely sure everybody will understand the joke. -- Sasha Pachev AskSasha Linux Consulting http://asksasha.com Fast Running Blog. http://fastrunningblog.com Run. Blog. Improve. Repeat. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
