Supe:
It's not that we're not razzing you due to lack of material or anything....
But I know where you're coming from. The Big Irish Catholic Family(tm) unspoken rule is -- if you're not getting your stones crushed, you don't feel loved. I tell my girlfiends that my picking on them is a sure sign that I love them; it's how I show affection. It's when the abuse stops, I tell them, that they have to worry.
Come to think of it, I've got a lot of ex-girlfriends. Oh well, a freckled Irishman can't change his spots.
JP