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==== Anonymous praise! ==== | ==== Anonymous praise! ==== | ||
Most baffling, to inductees, are the anonymously submitted lionisations, which being self-effacing folk they purport not to recognise, but be profoundly, publicly, grateful for all the same. So: | Most baffling, to inductees, are the anonymously submitted lionisations, which being self-effacing folk they purport not to recognise, but be profoundly, publicly, grateful for, all the same. LinkedIn is, as usual, the natural home for this type of [[humblebraggadocio]]. So: | ||
{{Quote|Shameless self-promotion, but<ref>Yes, it ''is'' shameless, and admitting that does not make it any ''less'' shameless by the way. That makes it ''more'' shameless.</ref> thank you to the anonymous client who submitted feed back that “''Basil is diligent, committed, pragmatic and always commercial, and shines golden beams of gravitas on everything to which he turns his attention. I cannot wait for his next novel''”. I don’t know quite what to say!}} | {{Quote|Shameless self-promotion, but<ref>Yes, it ''is'' shameless, and admitting that does not make it any ''less'' shameless by the way. That makes it ''more'' shameless.</ref> thank you to the anonymous client who submitted feed back that “''Basil is diligent, committed, pragmatic and always commercial, and shines golden beams of gravitas on everything to which he turns his attention. I cannot wait for his next novel''”. I don’t know quite what to say!}} | ||
I do: it involves a bucket. The great temptation is to call Basil’s bluff here. This is what [[LinkedIn]]’s comments facility was designed for. “That’s wonderful feedback, @Basil, and so richly deserved! Surely with the power of the network and the process of elimination, we must be able to identify that anonymous benefactor. I’ll start. It wasn’t me. Anyone else?” | I do: it involves a bucket. The great temptation is to call Basil’s bluff here. This is what [[LinkedIn]]’s comments facility was designed for. “That’s wonderful feedback, @Basil, and so richly deserved! Surely with the power of the network and the process of elimination, we must be able to identify that anonymous benefactor. I’ll start. It wasn’t me. Anyone else?” | ||