One thing I have learnt ALTRAV, is nothing gets up the nose of humourless crusty old conservatives more than a bit of frivolity. No one takes themselves more seriously than that pessimistic lot of COC, they can't laugh at anything, life with their "woe is me" attitude, is just to bleak to contemplate laughing.

"neither understood nor appreciated or appropriate here on this forum."

Dear old cock, I must learn to take you "Oh so serious" after all you are a very important fella in this great big world, someone to be reckoned with. In this echo chamber of mostly right wing opinion, no one is listening other than a few. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, tuned out long ago

ALTRAV, I should add, are you not the very poster who took great joy in referring to others as "maggots", and you have the hide to say what is appropriate here on this forum. Pull your head in.

Paul, when I call someone a 'maggot', it is with good reason and intent.
It is to convey a message.
Now I am satisfied that because you and others have taken notice of my use of the word, I would therefore expect you to follow on to WHY I used it, in the context I did.
So, if you read the full passage, not just cherry pick one word, you will find that the use of that word was appropriate under the circumstance.
If I were a linguist, I might have a greater choice of words to choose from, but sadly such is not the case, so with my limited vocabulary, which comes from living in a country where we 'cut to the chase', and not beat around the bush, like all you PC lot, who are too afraid to say it like it is for fear of,........ what?
I do the best I can, with what I have to work with.
I'm not going back to school just to appease a bunch of neuters and snags.
Last time I looked, I was doing OK, can you say the same?