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To: Chas. who wrote (2261)	1/7/2005 3:43:42 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16206

Well, chuck.. I don,t think there is a good way to say "continual BS and exaggeration", unless you qualify it considerably. In general, unless it could be missed by the sharpest minds, in order to preserve the flavour of it and not insult intelligence, you should not FLAG a post as JOKE ONLY, DON'T DO THIS AT HOME -- so in general, I did not BS or exaggerate. If anything I suffer from an excess of earnestness and sincerity to the point of being humourless about a lot of issues. This one being a case in point. I can however see the point of putting the odd smiley in, so here is one for the masses: :) As a rhetorical device I did use sarcasm perhaps to the extreme, dry humour (I hope), and the odd sardonic comment. Irony was also used without obvious flags. Perhaps this is what you meant by exaggeration and BS. I even belittled people's attitudes freely without apology, by the art of imitation and extension of their theses to the obvious absurdity. This did not gain many friends. Can you however believe what I say in general? Unfortunately, yes. I say the truth entirely too often. I have lost money on that point. Providing an overabundance of proof is a curse in this game where keeping secrets may the paramount. EC<:-]