That's all very nice, 'Spaw49 - but you needn't flatter me so;
really.

That nom de plume by which you salute your humble correspondant has been used before, and often at that - although it's been a while. Perhaps it was your original creation back 3 or 4 years ago when we used to go at it in grand style over our alternative political perspectives. Aah; those were the days, weren't they?

Shucks; I have not been the target of such a scatological scorching here on the 'Cat in quite some time; I didn't even get that much of a rise out of my cutting loose on a recent abortion glorification thread. At least not for the following 4 or 5 posts - I havn't been back to check since. Some were predictably indignant with me, but were commendably civil about it.

And as to your suggested proctological excersizes, may I respectfully suggest that you confine such practices to between yourself and your beloved pet oppossum, who is by now, I expect, well accustomed to the procedure, and for all I know may even enjoy it.

Regarding matters of "taste" or "class"; neither I nor anyone else here needs to elaborate or expand upon your most colorfully articulated public revelation of about where you settle out in that developmental pond.

As you probably know, I have been known to wax passionate at times, but think that it will be generally found by the most studious thread-chaser that at least here in the Mudcat Parlor I manage to do so without resort to such septic-tank vocabulary as we see flung about with such vitriolic abandon in this thread as of late.

The stark contrast in terms of intellectual competence, effective use of the language, scholarship and social maturity between postings no. 13 and 14 is no less than utterly astounding to me.