Ake, I deeply and humbly prostrate myself in apology. How remiss of me, one of those inflicted by the 'scourge' (to use your own term), to introduce some humour here. Obviously I just don't feel bad enough about myself.

Oh, and in my earlier, lengthier post I raised two perfectly serious and relatively unexplored points which you have ignored in favour of your rather limp swipe at my decision to resort briefly to levity.