[responds with obligatory "That's just sooo 1997, Gramps" remark]*switches to asterisks* *wonders if others will join in with nonconformity so that we can all be nonconformist together*
[square brackets continue unabated]
(Incidentally, I think I'm the first person here to introduce the use of square brackets as thought and action bubbles all those years ago. Good to see that the legacy loves on.[Bashful, moi? - everyone])
[Produces the hand, so that it may be conversed with at length, if necessary.]