"[...] I should have figured out el reg regulars would find a way to view it from another angle."
Think of it as a game of political correctness or chess. You think twice about what you have done to see if you have left anyone room to manoeuvre**. Then you decide if you want to be amused by the exploits - or you hope someone will make a move for which you have a counter already prepared.
Lateral thinking is an ability to be prized in IT. Bangor University Electronic Engineering department ran degree applicants through a few tests - and that was a sought after trait. A question I remember was simply "what is a U2". To which there were several answers at that time.***
**correct spelling - unlike the lorry warning sign that Waitrose put outside some store delivery bays.
***battery (now D type); submarine, spy plane. The pop group didn't come along until later.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
