John W. wrote:

> I assume my sarcasm wasn't obvious?

It so rarely is on Usenet, John! People put those yucky little smiley things
in sometimes, but even they don't get the tone/intention across very well.

BTW, in Britain, we would probably call that irony, since it has a
potentially positive side to it, i.e., it could be taken as a gentle hint to
the OP that his terms of reference were - um - inadequate. We'd normally
reserve the term sarcasm for irony that was purely designed to wound.

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John
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