"notbob" wrote in message
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On 2008-08-11, Wolfgang wrote:

How'm I doing so far?

Er.... were you talking to me?

O.k., we both know that by now a lot of people are thinking that you're just
doing to me what you did so adroitly to mikie and kennie. But we both also
know that you live only to teach. However, the Socratic method has its
limitations and I'm starting to feel like I'm doing all the work here.
Besides, all this is obviously lost on the groundlings.

So, let's cut to the chase. That point you were trying to get small enough
for me (still working on that, I presume) is undoubtedly also a bit too
coarse for the hopeless (if perhaps well-intentioned) readers here, so let's
just spell it out for them. It isn't so much a matter of whether or not
I've been clever in my end of the discussion thus far. It is instead a
question of HOW clever. More specifically, it's a question of whether all
or even ANY of it has been as clever, insightful, manly, daring, helpful,
brave, wry, quixotic, educational, ambitious, considered, articulate,
humane, funny, thought provoking and just plain kind as your original
observation that Steve's two year old son must be retarded.

Well, is it, not?

Wolfgang