I'm not sure that Mr Broadhurst reads either of the two groups you
posted to, so I've reinstated the x-post to u.m.

HTH HAND SHANDY ETC



In message >, James Silverton
> writes
>Mr. wrote on Wed, 8 Apr 2009 15:39:36 +0100:
>
>> "james" > wrote in message
...
>>> In message >, Richard
>>> Tobin > writes
>>>> In article > ,
>>>> Wader of Doom > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Whoever would have thought that he would top-post though?
>>>>
>>>> When commenting on a post as a whole, rather than
>>>> participating in a discussion, top-posting is the right
>>>> thing to do. Think of it as a post-it note stuck to a
>>>> letter.
>>>
>>> Top posting is never correct in the Usenet. Jim
>>> Follett
>
>>Except when it's funny.
>
>The humor escapes me here, please explain. I think top-posting implies
>that the poster considers the quoted part so tremendously interesting
>that everyone will be familiar with it without re-reading. Perhaps,
>also it agrees with Oscar Wilde, who said, I believe, that he never
>listened to conversations because he was thinking about what he was
>going to say.
>

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