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Maybe it's time to have a poll for the BEST Secret Santa? Followed up by the You Should've Done Better poll?
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In all fairness, I'm sure it was a joke.

hahaha

Ted before you read anything further ,please look over my last reply to you in the insomniacs thread to understand that I really have no grudge with you.

By looking at other posts, I know you have a sense of humor though you appear to be a bit unaware of some forms humor can take(This is not the first time this has occurred.). In fact one reason why I use an emoticon 😀(sometimes I forget😁) is to indicate frivolity either in a sentence or two or the entire post (to be determined by context). It is also not a surprise to anyone who has read a few of my posts that I use humor quite a bit, sprinkled in with a fair amount of serious threads/posts. This last effort is so absurd that I believe there should be little doubt as to my intention. Still I mean no harm to you and understand past misunderstandings (largely based on humor) can be contributing to the current one.

PS Truly hoping that you will understand, I humbly ask that if you are unsure of my intent kindly send Legend Lover or myself a message for clarification.



I hope there weren't any others who took the post seriously.

You always have to keep in mind that this medium has it’s limitations communicatively...dry humor at a pub is easily recognizable for what it is... interwebs, not so much.

I never take too much seriously, and try to give the benefit of the doubt.


The PM feature is always a good way to ask for clarification at a perceived offense, even then choose words carefully.

That is why a physical pipe club is really a gem... we razz and take hits, but physical language conveys what the digital media severely lacks.

    One would hope.

hahaha (assuming it was a joke 😉)

Stay calm, it will get straightened out.....in time👍

Hopefully Dudley Do Right takes care of it and Snidely Whiplash is on holiday.

uummmm...yeah!^^^

It is no time to be calm! The smell of revolution is in the air! A nod, a nudge, a thrust - all is needed to create a spark. A spark will start a flame, a flame will turn into the firestorm!!! Comrades, time is of the essence!!!
Proletarians around the world - unite!!!

С'est la lutte finale....

Am I calm enough? 😆 😆 😆[/quote]

Not much of a secret lol!

Saying that, I might have something here you might like...

That's exactly it, John. I often write things thinking others will get the humour behind it, but often times that falls flat. Emoticons help.

I find I've a very low laughter threshold though. It doesn't take much to make me laugh.

I remember, about 20 years ago, a mercury tilt switch broke (something often associated with northern Ireland, but this was in a chemistry lab). I was a PhD student at the time and was reading the instructions for the clean up kit to one of the lecturers...

"Step 1: put on throw-away gloves."
"Do I put them on our throw them away?"

I laughed and laughed at that for ages. I think the lecturer thought I was sucking up to her, but I just thought it was hilarious. I wasn't that funny, but to me I found it funny.

I think the reason is because I visualise things. So I could just imagine her putting on the gloves, then immediately throwing them away, as per the instructions read out to her.