[blml] Réf. : Re: The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep is sick

[Guthrie]

Although I haven't met either, I regard both Herman and Richard as 
friends.

Richard has a light-hearted approach to BLML; long may he continue to 
educate and amuse us.

Most of us have been the butt of Richard's humour, however, so we can 
sympathise with Herman for taking a joke literally.

Richard would never purposely write anything to hurt anybody and I'm 
sure that Herman will soon recognize this.

Perhaps, we BLMLers should all take more care to observe elementary 
netiquette -- avoiding ad hominem attacks -- it is so easy to 
misconstrue informal writing -- as Brian Mathews recently pointed out 
to me.