> Let me propose 'the punchline conjecture':
>
> No matter how simple a joke is, there will always be someone who doesn't
> get it, provided the audience is big enough.
If it was a joke, then it should have included an emoticon of some
sort...i.e.

or
Since there are no voice inflections or facial indicators to form a
basis of the tone, emoticons are all we have in this forum.
Cheers!
Brian
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