Evolution

[Alan McKinnon]

On Friday 26 May 2006 16:58, Me - Atlantic wrote:
> > > Actually, no.  It's because I have so many clients that respond
> > > to corporate emails that way, and, when I "bottom-post", they
> > > ask me why the emails are replied to "backwards"...
> >
> > ye gods I hate that.
> > I used to try and explain why top posting is evil
> > and give example conversations. Few of them got it so I gave up.
>
> I've decided to swim upstream.  I'm going to simply start replying
> to emails again the way I used to, and when people ask why emails
> are "backwards", I'll tell them that my new email client (I'm the
> only one running Linux) doesn't allow it, so live with it. (Being a
> new partner affords me some luxury). If they want to "reverse"
> everything, let them. I'm tired of moving everything around.  Who
> knows?  Maybe I'll get some of the underlings to convert to Ubuntu!

My hero :-)

Maybe try looking at them with a completely confused stumped look on 
your face and innocently ask "Why do you put the answer before the 
question? In a spoken conversation it goes the other way round."

-- 
If only me, you and dead people understand hex, 
how many people understand hex?

Alan McKinnon
alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za
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