really, i'm not a cynic ... i just start there and see if i can bid higher.

nicole, you actually demonstrate my point -- you want 'em clean, prompt, courteous and amusing. you don't say they have to talk a certain way (unless that's what "general pleasure" means).

you know us guys, most of us can't express our feelings at all, and the rest of us are pretty poor at it. it's so relaxing when you cut us some slack on that issue.