Re: Navigation question

From: Walt <wamitty_at_verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:29:51 GMT
Message-ID: <PZVHh.2944$pi.1717@trndny09>

"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1173330467.337518.208090_at_c51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 7, 4:42 pm, "Walt" <wami..._at_verizon.net> wrote:
> > "Marshall" <marshall.spi..._at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:1173196161.139883.223420_at_p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > > On Mar 6, 7:26 am, "Walt" <wami..._at_verizon.net> wrote:
> > > > "Marshall" <marshall.spi..._at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> >
> > > > > But still funny!
> >
> > > > What makes you think it's satire?
> >
> > > Sorry to be overly self-referential. My feigned labeling of
> > > Tony's post as satire was itself satire. In other words, I
> > > read Tony's post and after I picked my jaw back up off
> > > the floor, I thought to heighten the surreality of his analysis
> > > by reacting to it as if it was a joke.
> >
> > I'm embarassed to admit that your satire got right by me. I have become
> > desensitized to absurdity as an indicator of probable humor.
> >
> > I'm going to blame it on too much interaction with Dawn.

> and yet I understood Marshall's satire without missing a beat (and
> even laughed). Sometimes I'm dense, but sometimes I'm not.
>

Hmmm. Makes me wonder how much fine satire I've missed by taking you seriously! Received on Thu Mar 08 2007 - 09:29:51 CST