If deliberate, humorous exaggeration in argument is wrong, I'm in some great company! e.g. Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, yaddayadda. I'm not saying I'm half as good

If deliberate, humorous exaggeration in argument is wrong, I'm in some great company! e.g. Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, yaddayadda. I'm not saying I'm half as good as they are, but your assertion that it shouldn't be used comes across as rather strident. And by adding your new programmer/what's SQL? argument, you fell into the same trap yourself. We're not going to agree, might as well not bother.