On Sun, 2 May 2010 04:09:20 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Ophelia chimed in with Paco in criticism of Giusi:
>
>>>>> We've been on a boil-water alert since early evening, when a 10-foot
>>>>> diameter pipe bringing water to the Boston area sprang a leak and is
>>>>> dumping eight million gallons of water per hour into the Charles River.
>>>>> So along with 2 million or so other area residents who didn't get to
>>>>> the store early enough to grab some bottled stuff, I'm quenching my
>>>>> thirst with a substitute -- in my case, gin and tonic and yesterday's
>>>>> ice cubes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Felice
>>>> Things could be a lot worse, or at least they could be if you were sober
>>>> enough to know it!
>>>>
>>>
>>> That was cold.
>>
>> and nasty!
>
> I didn't see it that way at all. Felice *said* she was drinking gin and
> tonic because of the lack of fresh water, which struck me as humorous in a
> black-humor kind of way. Giusi just made a similarly-humorous observation
> based on what Felice wrote.
>
> I think Giusi's humor just passed over your heads.
>
> Bob

i read an implied smiley there as well.

your pal,
blake