G'day Carl,
On 9/20/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG
<guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:09:54 -0700, Ray Saintonge
<saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
>Since we also have five members of the Board, was this intended
to be an
allegory?
No, it's *ape*, not alligator.
Allegory: a story with a deeper level of meaning, where elements
of the
stories generally represent something else in real life. The
question was if
the apes were supposed to stand for the Board, not if "alligators"
wereintended instead of apes.
That joke is either a wonderful example of deadpan humour so subtle and profound that a
poor pleb like me can't hope to understand it, or you missed Guy's point
completely. Apparently AGF compels me[0] to believe the best of the situation, so one
must assume you're just taking Guy's joke to another, more beautiful, level.
In which case: well played, sir. Well played.
[0] One day I'm going to post a long list of the CW-like
misunderstandings of policy I've seen put forth by CVU
types[1]. I suspect there isn't a single policy that hasn't
seen someone bitten by an officious Enforcer who
doesn't actually know what the policy really means.
[1] Actually, "AGF means you can't say someone is wrong"
is quite common, and even one or two admins have
been known to spout it. I've tried to bring this silliness to
the admins' attention, but they just think I'm assuming
bad faith on their behalf.[2]
[2] But this post isn't about AGF. I'm actually being
humorous and not at all political. So you can stop
looking at me like that and start assuming GF.
--
Mark Gallagher