<<I will 'fess up to having a hate-hate relationship with computers>>
This is a wonderful statement! lol! (Reminds me of my favorite line from the admittedly not dialog-rich 2001 Etc., "I think I deserve an answer to that question, Dave."
<<The only way you can flaunt the law is by waving a judge around.>> -- And then, only sometimes.
<<And a rural "rowt" is a bunch of farmers retreating in a disorderly fashion.>> Shades of the American Revolution.
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But these things are not all at the extremes, and even Lynn Truss's tongue was often found in cheek, although, unlike Wendy's fingers, this did not diminish sales.