"Humor in a jugular vein" to borrow another old phrase, this time from Mad Magazine.

I truly apologize for any heavy-handedness. I did not mean anything personal, was just having fun here, sitting with a cup of coffee and not wanting to move my dog off my injured right foot he seems to think he needs to sleep on.

I meant the part about enjoying your post, and do tend to overreact a bit to allegations which hint at my being the least bit pompous. I have no doubt that's because of an element of truth in them.

As far as I'm concerned, there was a soft jab to the kidneys, and a soft uppercut to the chin, no harm intended, certainly nothing personal. Now, I have made personal comments on this BBS, but the only ones in that post were those about more public figures.

Regards,

Arf