[GeronL]

I was trying to be funny... I am sorry. I should have added '/sarcasm'...

[Land of the Free 04]

Truth is stranger than fiction; nowadays there are few sarcastic comments so over-the-top that nobody has ever said them seriously.

[katana]

It's OK. Everybody thinks I'm going to commit suicide by giving this book to my wife on her birthday. I probably should have added "you know, this may sound completely stupid but ..." Then they could have just said "stupid doesn't even come close".