Non-member submission from [Michael John Downes <mjd@ams.org>]

[Sebastian Rahtz]

 > George White <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca> writes:
 > 
 > > Well, plus 5 merit points for not assuming that Prof. Bloggs is a male, 
 > > but minus 5 for the implication that a female academic might be silly!
 > 
 > Oh I think Sebastian doesn't deserve the minus 5 if (as I conjecture)
 > he intended to imply that the likelihood of being silly was related
 > to being an *academic*, not to being a female.
 >