echo wrote:... it really did sound like you were truly offended by what SWS wrote. .... maybe we can just chalk this all up to misunderstanding due to the lack of verbal cues and body language inherent in any online communication? .... I hope I didn't offend you....
No, Echo, you haven't offended me; not even a little bit. In fact, I appreciate very much that you had the kindness and honesty to
ask if there was a chance of a misunderstanding instead of merely assuming you knew what I meant, as others have done. Thank you.
I wasn't offended by anything that SWS wrote. I truly thought we were having fun. I know my sense of humor can be off the wall, but I thought that SWS (who has a similar sense of humor) understood what I was saying and was just throwing more of the same back. I even had what I thought was a good reason for thinking that. You might recall the “Turn Out Those Blue Lights For Good” thread from back in August. In it, I let my wackiness go a little nuts, and some thought I was being angry, nasty, etc. This is from that thread:
-SWS wrote:marshaeb wrote: It just struck me as funny, I was being silly and laughing as I wrote, and it obviously didn't come across that way. I'll try to employ the sensitivity meter better in the future.
Hey... that original post was funny as all get-go in my book of blue (lighted) humor!
So let's
N O T discontinue catering to those amongst us with quirky and twisted humor.
And let's
N O T employ sensitivity on behalf of the majority when a few, such as myself, might suffer.
Sheesh! That would be insensitive! ...Thank you for compassionately considering one man's unique perspective!
Yesterday, I dubbed SWS the reigning champion in Hysterical
Banter Delivered Via
Irony. I REALLY thought that's what we were doing, and I even thought his last two posts were entirely tongue-in-cheek.
To steal a bit of what SWS said, my words were only intended to be humorous. They were loaded with nothing more than absolute absurdities intended only for the sake of fun. Quite honestly, in light of all my prolific participation in silly threads around here, and especially in light of my "UNCLE" post in this thread, it never occurred to me that anyone would have believed this to be a serious debate and personal attack. I'm very sorry that you and others did.
SWS, please accept my most sincere apology. Seems my bizarro sense of what's funny only caused trouble and hurt people, with you at the top of the list, and I'm going to regret that for a very long time.
Echo (and anyone else to whom this applies), I also apologize to you for having caused distress and/or offense. Had I thought there was the vaguest chance of that happening, I wouldn't have done it. I was wrong, and I am very sorry.
I'm going to take off now in search of, as SWS put it, life, health and especially humor. (And yes, SWS, it'll include reading The Book. Thanks for the tip.) Time will tell if this old female dog can, in fact, learn new tricks.
QUICK!! Somebody make a funny!! Please don't let this unfortunate detour detract from this wonderfully, refreshingly hysterical thread.
Marsha
Resp. Pro M Series CPAP @ 12 cm, 0 C-Flex, 0 HH & Opus 360 mask (backup: Hybrid) since 8/11/08; member since 7/23/08
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book. ~ Irish Proverb