I am grateful for the apology, although I imagine you offer it in a slightly patronising tone.
I can understand a joke and a word used for effect, and I realise I have overreacted, but I hear such comments made without humour so often I've become a bit overprotective.

EDIT: Aaaah, I knew it was too good to be true.

So, because of your political leanings, you look down upon anyone who takes any sort of job with the MOD. Good good.
( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 16:56, archived)