Hey, that was self deprecating humour, I know I am not intellectually challenged (especially from watching the Discovery Channel, since I never do ... The Simpsons is another story, but that is very intellectual humour after all).

As for this Continental stuff, you don't actually expect a simple American boy to know these things, do you, even one who is not intellectually challenged (for whatever reasons)?

Although I don't frequent the BA board much (just looking for tips to add to my stash of 100K BA miles I recently acquired and how to spend it eventually), I do agree with your assessment of the more popular airline boards, it really disgusts me, not only the laugh/language police, but more so the sniveling and whining from the participants over excruciating minutia ...