All sorts of jokes have punch lines. Or funny bits at the end. Being “in on it” has piss-all to do with whether a punch line is required. I have no idea where you came up with this strange idea.
Well, she could have just asked him: “Seven, lately your posts appear to be sniping and attacking. You used to post about a range of things. Could you please explain the change? We’re reviewing your posting privileges.”
sigh…fine…Invisible Wombat was represented as male earlier in the thread. Someone came along and said they thought IW was female. IW says no, he’s male. I make a throw away joke like I did and you didn’t get it.
See? I told you a joke don’t work if ya gotta splain it.
Well, that would have been more tactful, certainly. Since we’re not (and will not be) privy to the exchanges between them, it’s possible that the time for tact had passed. The quote does not, after all, have context.
Given his behavior on the board for the past few months, I’m going to give the benefit of doubt to the administration.
Well, asides from the fact that TubaDiva knew that what she was saying wasn’t fully true, because she and Seven were working out a plan to help put the archives into a readable format? :dubious:That sounds like quite a useful contribution to me. :smack: