> > > Blah blah blah
> >
> > *snip*
> >
> > > What? You say that's why they call it a forum? Oh.
> >
> > Who is "they"? And do they have my tan slacks? I have the jacket, but I seem to be missing the slacks. Those dirty birds...
> >
> > mi "it's a long story" key
>
> Howard, I know I am partially to blame. Please see the "Explanation" thread and find it in your heart to forgive me.
>
> Mou"Wonders if he would understand a 'cranky old geezer' joke in light of his 'whippersnappers' comment, but too afraid to actually make the joke for fear he wouldn't"sie


See? At least there was a method in my madness. Yet no one has congratulated me on accomplishing my goal of making the 8,888th post without having compromised my own convoluted set of rules. They must be jealous. At least that's what my mom always said when they picked on me.