Marvin Gandall marvgandall at
> Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>> Which is why the "left" (apologies to Carrol)...
> "I don't know whether Marvin is being obtuse or insulting in this
> instance."
>
> Carrol, you're forgetting your grad school days. Little barbs,
preceded
> by "with apologies to" are an accepted form of flattery in academe.
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Yeah, c'mon, Carrol, smile.
^^^^^ CB: Put on your poker face, Marvin. It is also convention that curmudgeons respond to compliments with sneers.
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