Chris Kuklewicz wrote:
Benjamin Franksen wrote:
Chris Kuklewicz wrote:
I did not even run the code I wrote through ghci, I was just showing what it could look like.
And stop calling me Shirley. [...] Could you please be a bit more explicit? Have I offended anyone? Or else, how do I have to understand this comment other than as a rebuke? And how comes you answer this as if you were the one who posted the code, and not a person named Matthias Fischmann?
Sorry for the misunderstanding. No one has been offended or given offense. The Surely/Shirley is a reference to the classic 1980 motion picture "Airplane!" in which the humor includes a repeated motif [1]:
Rumack: Mr. Striker, the passengers are getting worse. You must land soon. Ted Striker: Surely there must be something you can do. Rumack: I'm doing everything I can... and stop calling me Shirley.
Ted Striker: Surely you can't be serious. Rumack: I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.
Nothing was offensive or arrogant.I just saw it as an opportunity to reference the joke.
Ahh, I'm very glad to hear that. It seems the misunderstanding was completely on my part. Did a little research and found quite a number for websites citing dialogs from this movie. I begin to understand that it must have been cult...
I am sorry my other posting was off topic. Sometimes I contribute what occurs to me instead of what is relevant.
I can happily live with that ;-) (although I'd still be interested what prompted you to post this code which I admittedly did not fully understand). And sorry for dragging this (completely off-topic) stuff out here on the list. I'll shut up now. Cheers, Ben