David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 05/19/06 02:08 PM To dragaera at dragaera.info cc Subject Re: META: Proposed Spoiler Warning Policy text >Jon_Lincicum at stream.com writes: > >> Actually, I originally had it as "10-20", since I thought giving a range >> here sounded a little less Draconian than a set number, but then I >> thought, "the range really should center on 17", so I changed it. ;-) > >You could make it explicit while still being not so Draconian by >saying something like "somewhere around 17". Most people interested >in Dragaera will recognize the number and msot of *them* will then >deduce that that exact number is cited for humorous puposes. Well, yes. But then, I've never really been that funny. (Is this sarcasm? Irony? Self-deprecating humor, or perhaps a vain attempt at humility? What can be made of these enigmatic comments from the gallery? Will Zaphod be able to find Zarniwoop in his personal universe that he carries around in his briefcase? Find out in the next thrilling episode of...) Majikjon