One improvises with what is available.

I remember... in the long-ago days of my youth... before the Oxford Comma Wars... paragraph breaks were in abundance... we didn't have to hoard them as we do today...

Those were happier times.

TDM responded, and I've responded in turn.

I think you can put down the buckets of tar and feathers now. :)

I should also mention that I could have just modded your original post Troll or Flamebait, but I instead decided to voice my concerns and give you a chance to respond.

Dialogue, what a concept.

Oh, and I do like the tagline. Cheers.

My bad, then. Please accept my apologies.

See? Cynic I may be, but--unlike some people--I can and do admit when I've made a mistake.

Are we good now?

Hi there, AlecStaar!

I didn't say a single blessed thing about the Internet, did I?

Is there anything else I didn't talk about that you'd like to discuss?

Long ago, and in your imagination.

You really don't see the bigger picture here, do you?

Get a grip, sonny. A question was asked. I gave an answer. If you'd like to supply a different one, feel free. But don't you try and yank my chain just because I expressed an opinion. If I touched a nerve because you're a fuckoff in school and know it, that's your problem, not mine.

BTW, when I was in school, "free time" did not begin *until* the bell rang, not before.

That is so completely and utterly beside the point, I don't know where to begin.

You made a claim about a court case. Said claim was shown to be false.

We were never arguing about your opinion of the case; we were arguing about something you presented as fact, not opinion, which was shown not to be true.

In a parallel universe, perhaps.

You want a civil question? Okay... here goes... and it's an honest question:

Hi Florian! How about an ancient history lesson? Would you care to tell us the real reason why your tenure at MySQL AB was so (mercifully) short-lived?

I've always been really interested in how your answer might stack up against what I saw and heard at the time. Thanks!

See? Keepin' it polite and everything.

You can sympathise and do all the wishful thinking you want.

Doesn't alter the fact that this was incredibly stupid and/or naïve.

I used to work in radio, and one thing I discovered very quickly is this: You don't let *anything* you wouldn't want to see in the papers out of your control. There is *always* someone ready to take advantage of an opportunity to embarrass a celebrity, just a local one.

Folks on the Hollywood TV/film circuit? By the time they've reached that level, they should just fucking know better.

It sounds like the camel had a better day than I did. WTF?