>FWIW, I didn't find it insulting.  I was offering my (somewhat
 >> educated) viewpoint.

 I knew that education would get you in trouble someday.
 If you were a dropout like some of us, we wouldn't be having all
 these communication problems.

 That's why I like to work with people who know they're idiots. It's
 just so much easier on all of us.

 If they're an idiot and they know it, I can work with them.

 If they know they're an idiot and they turn out to be smart, so much
 the better.

 If they're an idiot and don't know it, I know I don't want to work
 with them.

 And if they're not an idiot and they know they're not an idiot, I
 don't want to work with them. Why make someone like that suffer?
 After all you'd have to be an idiot to want to work with me.