instead of cunning riposte and the use of intellect to extricate oneself from the presence of dullards and life’s little annoyances, all I’m hearing is “whine whine whine"
that's because most of the people that are mentioned in these pages are either the sort that
a) they are so bumblingly incompetant that it makes us laugh, or
b)they are the sort where if the poster of the story were to use their intelligence to exact a little sweet revenge, or to offer a riposte, then they are in a position where life could be made very uncomfortable.

yes, there are a few posts that are a bit whiny, but for the most part this week's crop have so far been well written and interesting.

and what's wrong with whining anyway? complaining about stuff is one of life's great pleasures. that's why old people still do it when they've given up on most other things.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 25 Jan 2008, 15:13, Reply)