I guess when you wrote, "Um, guys, you weren't the first to think of the Steve Martin song," which doesn't make any sense, you weren't trying hard to be insulting.
"Martin's OP ED was published on the 5th. I bet you he wrote it a day or two before that, however. Maybe even before the 3rd."
Alas, I don't have ESP, so I didn't know on the 3rd that Steve Martin was writing this NY Times piece for the 5th.
You don't? ummmm, of course, I knew that.....
Obviously I was a bit grammatically challenged in my first post. No insult was meant. I personally love the GGG posts and, though I'm not on the ping list, I try to follow them when I see them. (obsequious enough?)
What is the written equivalent of the arrow through the head bit?