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"Donal" wrote in message
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Yup!!

You got it. I'm much more at ease with subtle irony.

Why yes, you do seem to have a knack for it.

(was that subtle enough for you?)

That wasn't subtle at all! That was blatant sycophanchy!!

Hardly. It was irony: derisive.

I took it as a compliment. You really don't know how to deliver an
insult.

Rest assured I'm competent in that aspect, but I tend to believe insults are
crude, self-debasing, and normally counter-productive. But hey, don't let
me stop you, Donal. Knock yourself out.

I'd have preferred it if you hadn't learned your place so quickly.

I'd have preferred it if you had a clue. But reality seldom meets
expectations.

You are absolutely correct.

. . . which you contradict immmediately with . . .

Your "expectations" led you to believe that you
had insulted me. The reality is that you paid me a compliment.

I'm so very glad your reality allows you to believe so.

I like you. You're nice, but a little bit dim.

Let's see if I've got this right: you mistake my insult for a compliment,
and that makes me dim.

Got it.

Max