Dearest colleagues:
The ongoing discussion has, I think, served to prove what I have
believed all along: That we are, each and every one of us,
exceptionally clever, witty, well-read and profoundly insightful
individuals. If you will forgive the interruption, may I humbly suggest
that this thread is entirely past its "Sell By" date, and should be
allowed to make a dignified exit from the stage?
Your humble moderator,
-dan.
"Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to that
point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation."
- Dorothy Parker