[mrsmith]

Hey, I’m not trying to make enemies. It is an old, tired joke though.
My favorite use of it was by someone who asked if I took it from the villain in Matrix- it predates Matrix by quite a lot. Maybe the (I assume) liberal Matrix people used it for the villain because of me?

This report isn’t a good one for the anti-maskers to dig themselves into for their advantage. There’s a better one around here about a pro-mask guy shooting a weapon.

[Salamander]

I really do apologize.

I misread it and it’s my fault for doing so.

I thought Mr Smith was a trip and a half and nearly stole the show.

But then I like Hugo Weaving, so...

[TigersEye]

It's not an old joke it's a pattern recognition thing. For years I thought your handle was mrs smith until I finally took a hard look at it. It's a perceptual phenomena similar to this ...

Take a look at this paragraph. Can you read what it says? All the letters have been jumbled (mixed). Only the first and last letter of ecah word is in the right place:

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae.