At 03:54 PM 3/5/2003 -0500, Warlord wrote: > > > If I require you to go through an unusual amount of work to decipher a > > message that could have been delivered in a straight-forward and simple > > manner, I am saying exactly the same thing as if I had arrived at our > > appointment an hour late. > > > >Thus I quoth Brust, "Be assured that, as I discover more, I will conceal >it from you as entertainingly as possible." Precisely. By saying that, I am telling you that additional work is worthwhile, and done for a reason. If, in the end, I'm wrong, I come off like a pretentious twit. If the only reason for the additional work is that I can't be bothered to make things clear, then I come off like an ass. >