On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:20:21 GMT, Don Gray > wrote:

>I am from the UK but I read this newsgroup regularly and contribute
>occasionally, if appropriate. However, from the first comment of Lucy I
>suspected a sort of arrogance that is rarely encounted here. An ignorance of
>food or cooking standards mixed with the ability to sweetie-pie (con!) people
>into believing that 'she' was sincere.
>
>I began a post stating the same beliefs, but deleted it, thinking that,
>although hoodwinked, people would eventually recognise her for what she
>really was. I hope that she will now disappear from whence she came, without
>pretending that her only interest in this group is 'food'.

I've been accused of being too open, positive, and forgiving. Guilty as
charged, but I still feel like a fool when something like this happens.

Damsel, sitting in the corner in a pointy hat
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_