no more humor

[William Sommerwerck]

There's an old saw about "You can be clever, or you can be
nice, but you can't be both." I'm reaching an age where I would
rather be seen as nice than as clever. (I know I'm clever; I don't
need to prove it to anyone.)

If one cannot be both nice and clever, one isn't being all that clever.
There really are clever ways to please someone, or to choose just
the right birthday present, or to provide help when needed.

I'm very good at the kinds of clever you're talking about. (I'm especially
at picking the right present.)

I was talking about the "bad" clever, the clever for the sake of being
clever, the cleverness for self-promotion and ego-enhancement.

 

[frenchy]

You're one of the most pompous people I've ever seen on UseNet. Who are you
to judge my personality, or anyone else's?

The second sentence only makes sense without the first.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

klem kedidelhopper wrote:

On Mar 31, 6:50 am, frenchy <mf101...@msn.com> wrote:
You're one of the most pompous people I've ever seen on UseNet. Who are you
to judge my personality, or anyone else's?

The second sentence only makes sense without the first.

If we're talking about helping each other out with electronic
situations and problems then what does it really matter if ones
presentation is not quite what someone else thinks that it should have
been. I personally never thought of Mr. Sommersworth as being pompous.
And I never saw where he ever outwardly insulted anyone. Unfortunately
I can't say the same for others in this thread. I may not agree with
all of it however I found his dissertation on Pal/NTSC very
interesting and most impressive. I never could have written it.

William Sommerwerck is a tech writer.


--
Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!'

 

[klem kedidelhopper]

On Mar 31, 6:50 am, frenchy <mf101...@msn.com> wrote:

You're one of the most pompous people I've ever seen on UseNet. Who are you
to judge my personality, or anyone else's?

The second sentence only makes sense without the first.

If we're talking about helping each other out with electronic
situations and problems then what does it really matter if ones
presentation is not quite what someone else thinks that it should have
been. I personally never thought of Mr. Sommersworth as being pompous.
And I never saw where he ever outwardly insulted anyone. Unfortunately
I can't say the same for others in this thread. I may not agree with
all of it however I found his dissertation on Pal/NTSC very
interesting and most impressive. I never could have written it. Maybe
with all the unfortunate recent influx of porn that has afflicted this
group it may seem difficult to remember what this is supposed to be
all about. I personally still really appreciate this forum and would
never think of chastising someone for being too verbose. Lenny.