Do people really not notice when I'm annoyed? I swallow so many snarky comments every bloody day, but don't get any credit for that. Instead, when I do snarl something on occasion, it's made out to be part of a whole grumpy thing.

Ok, here's a clue. The next time you have an msn conversation with me, and I don't reply for a while to something you type, or do reply with a short, curt statement, and my status doesn't change to (Away) or the like, there's a good chance that you've annoyed me. Not 100% of the time. Just a pretty damn good chance. I probably haven't forgotten about the conversation. I do come from a generation of multi-taskers. But I do get annoyed and close the offending window.