I wonder just how much of a difference our own mood and experiences have on our interpretation of the written word? It seems that out of 10 people who read a given post, you'd find almost that many different interpretations. Even use of emoticons can be open to interpretation.

Just needed to note that I think I may have jinxed myself here... since I've just run across one of those that definitively annoys the bejeepers out of me...you know...the kind of poster that I swore usually isnt seen in this forum. (Murphy's Law in action, folks!...Lordy I wish Murphy would find someone else to follow around for a change!)

Im betting it has a great deal to do with how people take certain things. I admit myself that when Im in a bad mood I definitly seem to take things more negativley than normal. Or something that would normally slightly annoy me makes me burst out in a rant or rude comment that I wouldn't normally make.

I also realized, I cant type to save my life...so I write very short hopefully succinct responses which could easily be misinterpreted!!!