Let me thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for inviting a less-than-handsome man such as me to this exquisite gathering. Despite this obvious shortcoming, I humbly promise to put all of my effort towards sabotaging the dastardly plans of the Secret Society.
In post 43, RedCoyote wrote:
Ah, yes. I do indeed begin to remember the details of our previous encounter, however brief. Sir IceGuy, I was most taken aback with this position. I beg your pardon, sir, but I must express my distaste with this line of thinking. I apologize in advance for the suggestion that someone of your high stature and exquisite breeding would find themselves in the unfortunate position of having some misbegotten attempt to interrupt our fine festivities, but, sir, I believe this position to be the exact opposite of what would be necessary to thwart the evils among us. Those same evil-doers happen to be more well-informed of their peculiarities and will only grow increasingly knowledgeable. I suggest we lay all of our cards on the table immediately so that we may have a fair shot at turning the tables on those cretins! Please, what say you?
Dear Mr. RedCoyote, despite your generally sharp wit you seem to be on a wooden way here, as a German would say.
A good gentleman simply does not benefit from knowing his companions' manners of speaking. While they might be able to catch irregularities, they can only cause damage with this information, as no gentleman is able to take back what he has once said, and there may be no communication outside of this parlor. If a gentleman should be so unwise as to alert the entire parlor of his companion's mistake, the rapscallions would simply tattle-tale his infraction to the hostess, and the gentleman would be left with a black mark on his record - and as we all know, a gentleman with five black marks may be ejected from our gathering.
In post 44, Glork wrote:Oh my gosh, I had forgotten about the moronic "Should we claim our post restrictions" civil discourse. Please do NOT restart this conversation. Promise you, it is neither elegant nor productive in finding scums. Both sides have valid points for and against claiming PRs, and neither side is going to convince the other to change their minds.
Unfortunately, Mr. Glork, I can't agree with you here. I have not heard any good argument for publicly discussing our manners of speaking, and I believe I have given enough arguments why this is actually beneficial to the Secret Society.
While this interaction may not be the sharpest tool to catch rapscallions, an untimely declaration of one's manner of speaking may help the rapscallions to stab a proper gentleman in the back.
My current suspicion also rests with Mr. Shmugen, and I am inclined to cast a vote for him since there seems to be no consensus on the rapscallionness of Mr. Candy Corn Vampire, Mr. Parama's replacement.
However, I'd request the hostess to provide us with a tally of the current votes first to prohibit an untimely death.
