an exchange about Re: humor

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 07:33:13AM -0700, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
> i forwarded my posting Re: humor (about a response to a Language Log
> posting of mine) on to geoff pullum, who responded:
>
>   This is a joke, right?
>
> to which i replied:
>
>   this is irony, right?
>
> and he returned:
>
>   That's some kind of figure of speech, right?
>
> i am now pondering my response...

Whatever it is, make sure it begins with "I won't even mention
the fact that..."

Jesse Sheidlower