it's just this place
i was always taught that brackets and exclamation marks say to the reader "this bit doesn't matter", so i never use them in emails/correspondence.

therefore all the surplus spills out on here, sorry.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:03, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I disagree re brackets.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:04, Reply)

same here
it's almost like an appendix to a sentence. Useful supporting information that doesn't fit in the main body.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:08, Reply)

I also disagree (re brackets)

(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:09, Reply)

i don't disagree
(i actually do disagree)
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:16, Reply)

Hey! How come Crow gets three and I only get two?
Are my birthday wishes somehow less exciting? Blatant favouritism.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:05, Reply)

he got there first, i was running out by the time you limped over the attention-line
but at least you made it. as for those people on here who have ignored my shameless beakering and have failed to say "happy birthday" AT ALL... well.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:08, Reply)

Happy Birthday
some of us have to work for a living you know
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:59, Reply)

I got so many they had to be delivered in a skip.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:08, Reply)

With your drugs?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:11, Reply)