Not to worry. It's obvious.












I find the person, the setting and the topic determines what type and to what degree sarcasm can be fun. Boog is right that in written form it can be not understood as was meant. Not being able to give the verbal inflections and facial expressions does impede the intended delivery and not being able to see how it was received, limits any qualification or follow-up. Most all of my sarcasm and punning is for fun and I try to use some text variations and the smilies as that patch.

Anything besides joking and fun are normally short and quick messages for me. I tend to pass through 'sarcasm' quickly in these cases if there is a real issue and I have given my warning shot across the bow. After that I will board your ship and be in your face or sail away while putting finger grips into the wheel. You DON'T want to catch up to me then.

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