Re: >Ah - much truth is claimed to be said in "jest"....
While I agree w/the bit of humor that started this, problem is that such humor can also be take as a pointed-barb by some. At the same time, some can intend a pointed-barb post, that after getting sufficient "heat", is later recharacterized as "humor" or "jest" to avoid further heat.
It's all a crappy, nobody wins area. I'm a WinLinguista, running both @ home w/Windesktop and Lin server (something both sides don't like very well)... and I, for another just wish we'd all be able to get
along... *sigh* ;^/... (including for the sake of my home network!)...