Posting on the board is kind of like the dark ages when I would be trying to work on a relationship with a girlfriend who was on another continent, and I was having to rely on airmail. I found it was really dangerous to make even a minimally humorous statement, as there was nothing else to help her interpret it, no smile, no inflection. It led to some awful misinterpretations.
Cebuano, Bill and others here spend a lot of effort promulgating AC and supporting its users without thought of recompense. My guess is your initial posting was largely in jest, but even with emoticons a member who has had a mildly frustrating day unrelated to you might take it wrong. And, I remember being in central Australia, opening a letter from my soon to be ex-girlfriend that might as well have been one of Harry Potter's "Howlers." Makes me shudder even yet.
