Doing it this way, someone who has read your joke knows what you are talking about and someone who has not can page down. The quote is only there as a footnote. Footnotes traditionally go at the bottom of the page*.
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Mark Roberts wrote:
The standard joke goes like this:
A: Because it reverses the normal sequence of conversation. Q: Why? A: Top-posting. Q: What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?
"Edit mercilessly and bottom-post" is my philosophy.
-- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com
"You might as well accept people as they are, you are not going to be able to change them anyway."
*Like this, stupid.

