From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Mack A. Damia  wrote:   
   >Mon, 25 Dec 2023 03:05:38 -0800, Mack A. Damia :   
   >>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 00:33:31 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman :   
   >>>Bill Anderson  wrote:   
   >>>>Mack A. Damia  wrote:   
   >>>>>Sun, 24 Dec 2023 05:42:47 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman :   
   >>>>>>Mack A. Damia  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>Sun, 24 Dec 2023 01:30:32 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman :   
   >>>>>>>>Mack A. Damia  wrote:   
      
   >>>>>>>>>>. . .   
      
   >>>>>>>>>"12 Angry Men"   
      
   >>>>>>>>>The one guy I don't like in that movie is Lee J. Cobb.  Not certain   
   >>>>>>>>>why, maybe his acting is a little too phony, too much of an   
   >>>>>>>>>affectation.   
      
   >>>>>>>>He and Biff weren't on speaking terms.   
      
   >>>>>>>Is it common knowledge who "Biff" is?   
      
   >>>>>>Sigh   
      
   >>>>>Just answer the question, fool.   
      
   >>>>Lee J. Cobb is noted for playing Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a   
   >>>>Salesman. Willy's oldest son, with whom he did not see eye to eye, was   
   >>>>named Biff.   
      
   >>>>I actually remembered the name, but I would not consider it "common   
   >>>>knowledge."  Biff in Back to the Future might qualify, especially here in a   
   >>>>movie discussion group, but answering the question rather than showing off   
   >>>>would have been a more reasonable response I think. Merry Christmas.   
      
   >>>I certainly wasn't "showing off". And in this newsgroup, in which there   
   >>>are discussions of old movies, yes, I was expecting it to be common   
   >>>knowledge. As the joke fell flat, I wasn't in the mood to explain the   
   >>>reference, but I really expected I'd need to. Nor did I expect to be the   
   >>>target of Mack's foul mood.   
      
   >>If it was a "foul mood", it was in response to your foul reply to a   
   >>simple and reasonable question.   
      
   >"condescending" is the word I was trying to think of to describe your   
   >response.   
      
   And you're not in a foul mood, unable to let this go.   
      
   I was irritated that the joke fell flat. Surely "Sigh" conveyed that.   
      
   Is there any chance you'll drop this now, or does it require still   
   another followup to yourself and further denial of your foul mood?   
      
   Next time I make a reference, if you don't get it, who the fuck cares?   
   It's unimportant.   
      
   >>I highly doubt that it is "common knowledge".   
      
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