Originally Posted by
Neil_B
I'll let you have the last word. Least I can do after having pwnd you here:
Woah! Slow your roll there, Sparky. I don't think you "pwnd" anybody.
Originally Posted by
Neil_B
"I have never been called a Fred except by people that I respected and I knew it was a compliment."
And that's all well and good, however I have to agree with paisan on this one. Regardless of which of the definitions of the term you personally subscribe to, calling someone a "Fred" is not "praise". It never has been. You may not find it offensive, and clearly many folks affectionately refer to themselves as Freds; just as I am not ashamed to carry the lable of "bulky" when describing my riding style. But that doesn't change what the word means. If someone calls me chunky, fat, chubby, bulky, etcetera, they're right. Just because it doesn't bother me doesn't mean that it's "praise." A derisive term is what it is.