Re: [FT][FH]Sumani Incident (or: Battle of the Johns)

Andrew & Alex wrote:
> 
> John wrote:
> >Hey, I think of myself as a Domestic of the Scholae, a simple soldier
> >and not much given to rhetorical flourishes.  Were I one of the City
> >aristocracy, undoubtedly I ______ elucidate on this point at great
length,
> >with four obscure literary allusions, three puns, an allegory,
> >and end it all with a pithy aphorism.
> >
> >But I'm not.[1]

> >[1]Five points for anyone who explains why this post is terrifically
> >funny.  Laserlight, you'd disqualified on the grounds that it would
be
> >way too easy.
>     'Cause you left out the word "could", where I've put the "___"?
:-)

Feh.  That's a typo, not a joke.  And would be "should" in any case.

John M. Atkinson