Chris Kuklewicz wrote: > Benjamin Franksen wrote: >> Chris Kuklewicz wrote: >>> I did not even run the code I wrote through ghci, I was just showing >>> what it could look like. >>> >>> And stop calling me Shirley. [...] >> Could you please be a bit more explicit? Have I offended anyone? Or else, >> how do I have to understand this comment other than as a rebuke? And how >> comes you answer this as if you were the one who posted the code, and not >> a person named Matthias Fischmann? > > Sorry for the misunderstanding. No one has been offended or given > offense. > The Surely/Shirley is a reference to the classic 1980 motion picture > "Airplane!" in which the humor includes a repeated motif [1]: > >> Rumack: Mr. Striker, the passengers are getting worse. You must land >> soon. Ted Striker: Surely there must be something you can do. >> Rumack: I'm doing everything I can... and stop calling me Shirley. > >> Ted Striker: Surely you can't be serious. >> Rumack: I am serious... and don't call me Shirley. > > Nothing was offensive or arrogant.I just saw it as an opportunity to > reference the joke.
Ahh, I'm very glad to hear that. It seems the misunderstanding was completely on my part. Did a little research and found quite a number for websites citing dialogs from this movie. I begin to understand that it must have been cult... > I am sorry my other posting was off topic. Sometimes I contribute what > occurs to me instead of what is relevant. I can happily live with that ;-) (although I'd still be interested what prompted you to post this code which I admittedly did not fully understand). And sorry for dragging this (completely off-topic) stuff out here on the list. I'll shut up now. Cheers, Ben _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe