Buffalobob has a "unique" sense of humor that some don't grasp. That's one of the things with the "typed word" on the internet. It's sometimes hard to know exactly what the typer meant. I guess that's where the emoticons come in handy as they help to explain things sometimes. I however, grasp it. Now whether that's good or bad I don't know but I think it's just an "old fart" thing.
I guess the difference is that I've read thousands of Buffalobob's posts so I may have an advantage over someone that has read only a handful of them.
I've got to get a life.