>>>>>At this point, I'm wondering if you missed the ether reference, Steadman.< g >
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>>>>I must've - ether that, or I'm just inviting some additional punishment for my egregious behavior!
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>>>After chastizing Mark, you're going there? The normal state of the mind of Geo is only to offer up puns where they're so obvious I can't resist. Otherwise, I'll ponder the post, and let go with the flood. Well, my "rain" as the "pun-czar" (personal joke) remains unabated. Maybe a "sprinkle" here and there, and maybe a "downpour". Let's not be "partly cloudly" about this, let's at least have some "partial clearing" on the issue. You don't really want to con-"front" me here.
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>>(A thunderous stampede of innocent victims flee the thread in terror!)
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>>I didn't expect such a torrential storm of wit. Perhaps my actions were a bit presumptuous. I didn't consider weather this might precipitiate such a lightning-fast retribution.
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>>(bracing for the inevitable backlash)
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>>>>(please be gentle)
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>>>I tried.
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>I won't try to snow you under. My recollection isn't fog-gy here, Mark started this, but you joined. You're a hail fellow, Ed, but that doesn't preclude you. This is only the eye of the storm. I'm prepared to take this into the stratosphere. I won't pressure you, but this is only a slight barometer of what can occur.
Before the temperature starts to rise, George, we might want to consider what this tempestuous cloudburst might do. We mustn't flood the conference with a shower of such exchanges without considering the effect on the climate of the board. But if you're game, so am I!