Is Bryan right to demand an appology?   see Qestion ID: 750638 
Or should I humbeley apologise to probonopublico for being an idiot
and doubting his expertise?
KEMLO

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Clarification of Question by kemlo-ga on 02 Aug 2006 00:59 PDT

In line with myoarin, cynthia, pafalafa, steph53,  markvmd and
knowitall comments I will like to say to
Probonopublico, In that old English phrase, Póg mo thóin Bryan.

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Clarification of Question by kemlo-ga on 02 Aug 2006 17:09 PDT

Thankyou answerfinder-ga
I holeheartedly agree with your findings
Please post them as an answer
KEMLO

Well thank you Kemlo.
Here's my opinion again:
I have reviewed the evidence and hereby give my opinion. Bryan should
apologise to Kemlo.

Kemlo made a statement ?For at least three years? 
Bryan replied ?possibly then for only 2 years? 
Then came the threat ?Next time I see you I am going to smack your
legs.? This reduced the subsequent quoting of evidence and sources to
a playground argument. Kemlo stuck his tongue out. Bryan tried to show
that Kemlo had been asleep during the arithmetic lesson, and had
truanted from school thereby missing the history lesson on how to
evaluate primary and secondary sources.

Kemlo was clearly upset and felt himself in danger from the playground
bully which may have influenced his mental arithmetic processes and
reasoning. I think Bryan should apologise for threats of violence.

Best wishes.
answerfinder-ga

Answerfinder
Thank you for exceptional answer. I hope you had a pleasant weekend
away from all us idiots.
As is the same with all litigants please approach Probonopublico for
your well earned $100 tip,

Hi Kemlo,
Bryan may be right about the military service period (he served,
himself), but he only deserves an apology for your sticking your
tongue out at him  [ ":-b" ].

Serving 29 months is neither 2 nor 3 years.  I expect that a five
months extension of a two year obligatory service would be much more
likely than a seven month reduction of an obligatory three year
service.

You could also ruin his fun by avoiding misspellings.  That would really bug him.

Chears, Myoarin

Bryan gave me five stars and a very generous tip on my last question
of his, so as far as I'm concerned, he's right about everything!

However, wanting an apology isn't really a matter of right or
wrong...it's just a thing he wants, like ice cream, or a nice brandy.

Next move is Kemlo's.

Cheers, everyone....

paf

Bryan usually always gets what he wants ;)

Steph53

Kemlo, you ask the wrong question. Bryan has an absolute right to
demand an apology. He may also demand a sacrifice, for that matter.

The question is should you apologise? 

The answer is [garbled transmission] which will make everyone happy,
even Iran. So get on it, both of you.

Absolutely.  Probono and Pink are illustrious contributors to GA, and
should be treated with utmost respect.
knowitall22

Quite true, Knowitall, 
but Pink is a lady, a person who should always be treated in a manner
that does not call for apology;
whereas Probono in his formative years was a British Hussar, 
note his threat to smack Kemlo's legs  - probably with the broadside of his saber. 

"Hussars had a reputation for being the dashing, if unruly,
adventurers of the army. The traditional image of the hussar is of a
reckless, hard-drinking, hard-swearing, womanising, moustachioed
swashbuckler. Arthur Conan Doyle's character Brigadier Etienne Gerard
of the French Hussards de Conflans has come to epitomise the hussar of
popular fiction - brave, conceited, amorous, a skilled horseman and
(according to Napoleon) not very intelligent.  ...

"Less romantically, 18th century hussars were also known (and feared)
for their poor treatment of local civilians."
                                      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussar

One need never apologize to such one  - albeit not without risk.

Kemlo!

Plus, how do you get 3 years out of 29 months?  It's closer to 24
months than 36. I agree with myoarin.

My vote is for an apology--before this gets worse. I can think of
several things worse than apologizing to Bryan.

I think this fits:
http://theyuinon.com/articles/images/bad-kids-spank.jpg

hehe..

Never, Kemlo!  Be a man!  Find that single glove, whose mate you lost,
and slap it down as gauntlet before him.

No, maybe that is not such a good idea  - he would have the choice of weapons.

Provoke him until he finds his single glove and slaps it down, then
you can choose.   I would suggest keyboards at the combined length of
their cords.
I will gladly be your second.  I will be available in London August 13, 14, 15.
Rotten Row in Hyde Park at dawn would be an appropriate venue.
Myoarin

I have just read your apology when I was about to post this. Now it?s
too late. I was going to say, I have reviewed the evidence and hereby
give my opinion. Bryan should apologise to Kemlo.

Kemlo made a statement ?For at least three years? 
Bryan replied ?possibly then for only 2 years? 
Then came the threat ?Next time I see you I am going to smack your
legs.? This reduced the subsequent quoting of evidence and sources to
a playground argument. Kemlo stuck his tongue out. Bryan tried to show
that Kemlo had been asleep during the arithmetic lesson, and had
truanted from school thereby missing the history lesson on how to
evaluate primary and secondary sources.

Kemlo was clearly upset and felt himself in danger from the playground
bully which may have influenced his mental arithmetic processes and
reasoning. I think Bryan should apologise for threats of violence.

Ok, I give up!  Kemlo, I'm sorry!

Now I bet you're all confused and wondering if I read answerfinders
Comment, or not. I did, but there was so much logic there I knew I was
going to have to apologize too, so I decided it's best to pay it
forward.

That's my story until fuuuuurther notice.

What a fun question!

I've absolutely no idea what 'Póg mo thóin' means but if it's
alcoholic I'll certainly try some.

In view of Answerfinder's comment, I should also like to say Póg mo thóin Simon.

Also many thanks to everyone who posted a comment.

And Póg mo thóin for all the atroshus seplings.

Bryan

Well, ... - or with reference to an unrelated question -  
SO, I guess they're quits.
Great solution, and indeed a "fun question", which I read as a
compliment from the master of such.

Congratulations, Kemlo.

In "Children of a Lesser God" William Hurt says to Marlee Matlin, "I
know that sign. That's the first sign I ever learned!"

Póg mo thóin was the first Gaelic I ever learned.

I've checked and 'Póg mo thóin' apparently means 'Happy St Patrick's Day'.

What a nice expression!

Of course, knowing Kemlo, he has probably introduced his usual sepling
errors and he probably meant to write (the equivalent of) 'I am truly
sorry and I fully deserve to have both my legs smacked, while you Póg
mo thóin.'

Póg mo thóin?? 

<GASP!>

HOW did the Google sensors not catch that? My gosh! This is a family site! 

Cheers,
Boquinha-ga

Dear Simon

I cheerfully endorse your request to Answerfinder that he should post an Answer.

Also, it is my sincere wish that, in due course, you should award
Answerfinder the mandatory 5 Stars.

Finally, as a special favour to all your GA friends, please also
reward him with the $100 tip which he fully deserves.

And so say all of us!

(Background cheering and cries of 'Amen' and 'God Bless Answerfinder')

Your only true friend

And the only person who has ever been able to decipher your gibberish

Bryan of Hove

PS Please try to sober up before doing the necessary as it important
to get this absolutely right. Thanks, B

Oh My Goodness BO!!  You're right!  LOL, and I *believed* that stuff
about St Patty's Day!

Excellent, Answerfinder!  Well-founded and most just.

I hearby move to nominate you as official Google Answer Justice of the Peace 
( "GAJOP" ), a position this community obviously requires.  It also
has certain similarities with the "office" of GAR:
"...the lay justices (who are unpaid, do not necessarily possess legal
qualifications and work part-time), ..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace

I especially like the passage:
"Justices of the Peace still use the power conferred or re-conferred
on them in 1361 to bind over unruly persons 'to be of good
behaviour.'"

Do I hear a second?