I was paraphrasing Robert Heinlein, who in [[Time Enough for Love]] wrote something like, "In a family argument, if it turns out that you're right, apologize at once!" This was advice from a man with a 2,000-year-old woodie -- er, I mean a 2,000 year old man named Woodie or Lazarus or maybe Theodore.

Another Heinlein character said, "I'm at my most serious when I'm joking."

Ed

-----Original Message----- From: tarquin [mailto:tarquin@planetunreal.com]

I'm still trying to work out if your comment of "when a lady acts in an ungentlemanly way a gentleman always apologizes!" is meant to be tongue-in-cheek....