Tuxman wrote: 2025 Oct 13, 16:44
You Irish certainly are a conundrum.
We get very nervous if forced to go more than a couple of days without being within ear-shot of a snide comment, irreverent riposte, or something we can argue about! It's our Achilles heel, and a foundation of the very Republic itself. Bellicose embellishment, exaggeration, caricature... mix in a few funerals, wistful poetic longing, a heck of a lot of stubborn sullen resentfulness of other people occasionally overflowing into inexplicable violence, and you've pretty much solved the conundrum. What can one do?
Tuxman wrote: 2025 Oct 13, 16:44
'This forum is not a chat, Tuxman, do try to be less casual and more spirited in your discourse!', and then one complies, yet it remains a subject of contention!
That doesn't sound like anything I would ever say. Well, I might
think it, but never
say it. I mean, spirited discourse? There's no evidence of that. This forum is suitably staid and proper, and makes those Stack Overflow stick-in-the-muds look like a bunch of free-wheelin' hillbillies.
I can't even imagine what would have ever given someone a different impression. Scurrilousness, perfidiousness... they shall find no harbour here! We are the very lambs of God - in a motorcycle-club, sort of way.
