> I would have thought it was a great way of letting both parties know they have a similar sense of humour That's assuming that the authors knows that they bot

> I would have thought it was a great way of letting both parties know they have a similar sense of humour That's assuming that the authors knows that they both actually do appreciate this type of humour. I'd think that if they had that level of familiarity then it would be expected that any email would get reasonable consideration or a phone call would be another possibility. that was the case one would assume that the author could also have just called on the phone.