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[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

And if i do it, it won't be veiled in some stupid assed question that a 7 year old could see through.

Originally Posted by spex

It’s called subtlety, something you don’t often use when posting. I was making sure that my understanding of a phrase was the same as most peoples’ understanding of the phrase. I considered that maybe I was the one who was wrong. My question accomplished a couple of things.
- It reassured me that I had a correct understanding of the phrase.
- I caused someone to go back and re-read the phrase, and acknowledge that the phrase was misread.
- It allowed everyone to save some face.

i was talking about this thread you started about jinx. too subtle for ya?