This board never ceases to amaze me.

[Jackpine Radical]

Just post a controversial question or comment, and 7 or 8 people will show up instantly with the answer. 2 or 3 of them may actually have the right answer. The problem is sorting out who is who.

[rurallib]

1. or is it whom is whom?

[Warpy]

Who's who works for me.

[Richardo]

3. It's 'who is whom'

:)

[Jackpine Radical]

9. You're no doubt right, except that I was using a colloquialism.

[Richardo]

10. I was just kind of being a meta-example of what you were talking about

:)

[Jackpine Radical]

12. I never meta example--

or for that matter, metaphor that I didn't like. Are you a phor?

Go ahead, tell me it's "met AN example."

[Uben]

2. I know....

....sometimes I envision people sitting at their respective computers with a signalling device like the ones on Jeopardy grasped firmly in hand, awaiting the question!

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Ah, the joy of the Internets, the challenge of the Tubes! NT

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

5. I know I have an alarm that alerts me when someone posts on my pet subjects.

I call it the Wonk Signal.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. So a controversial question raises controversy ...

Who'd a thunk it?

(or is it Whom'd a thunk it?)

:hi:

[ThomWV]

7. I the question is truly controversial then most answers are probably right

If controversy still exists then the questing is not settled, and for questions not settled there is no right answer. So read it all and let your opinion be swayed, agree with one side and then the other, disagree with one side and then the other. Do it all but keep an open mind.

[Fire1]

8. Great advice.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. That would be that famous tolerance for ambiguity--

you know, the one liberal trait that rises above all others when it comes to driving conservative ideologues crazy.

[Javaman]

13. The answer to your quandary is conflicting with my sense of reality! nt