Re: Need Help from a Hebrew Expert...

From: Rolleston (rolleston_at_tiscali.co.uk)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:21:00 +0100

Stoneage man wrote:
>Rolleston <rolleston@tiscali.co.uk> writes:
>
>> J.D.F. Stone wrote:
>> >"Susan Cohen" <flaviaR@verizon.net> writes:
>> :
>> >> The problem with Usenet is that there is *always* some jackass
>> >> who actually *means* stuff that most people would mean as a
>> >> send-up..... Riain obviously missed your other posts.
>> >
>> >Yesss.... And therefore you should always assume that anything you
>> >read on the USENET is in earnest, no matter how much it looks like
>> >a joke
>>
>> But the best jokes are the ones that do not look like jokes.
>
>Are you saying that it's possible for someone to "miss" a joke, and
>"take" it "seriously"?

I would never go as far as to say anything.

R.