JIM HOLSONBACK wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

 JH> Hi, Roy.  I'll join the fun and playfully tease you about - - 

-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to MATT MC_CARTHY <=-

 MMC> A "three-sided rectangle"?  You do mean a triangle...  :-))

 RJT> Nope,  it went like this:

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 RJT> See?

 JH> Aha! An inverted rectilinear U shape.  Why didn't you say that to
 JH> start with?  Or, if no recollection of high school geometry and no
 JH> dictionary handy, you could have called it a squared-off U shape.  
 JH> [:-D. 

Cuz it was easier to draw you guys a picture!

 JH> ... Jim, sorry to burst your bubble, but nobody likes a smart-arse.

Right.

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