[WikiEN-l] Admins shouldn't shoot back

[Gracenotes]

On 6/20/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>
> That works with a literate audience.  The people who don't realize that
> you're joking can take things to a completely different level.  English
> humour doesn't always work with an American crowd.

I would almost like to protest your classification of American
crowds as dense, but... eh... we are. It would not be entirely
untrue to say that the key to humor here is not making the
right material, but finding the right crowd for it.

--Gracenotes