Am I reading this right: Vixen is misreading your mockery of *her* (Vixen's) way of tracking credentials as mockery of Voldemort Vordeman's actual credentials?
At the time I made the statement, I had no idea what Vorderman's credentials were. I don't know who she is. I don't care who she is. I was simply responding to Spitfire IX's estimate that Vorderman didn't know what a blind trust was.
And yes, "Master's equivalent" is a reference to
Vixen's idiom for her accounting credentials. It has nothing to do with engineering. It has nothing to do with anyone but Vixen. Hence my consistent application of the cautionary quotes when I use it.
As to whether I was "scoring points," that depends. It was a throwaway quip, meant to elicit nothing more than a chuckle. For the humor-impaired, I will explain that I
insincerely thought Vorderman's apparent confusion over blind trusts could be explained by her having only one "Master's equivalent" (i.e., Vixen's dubious credential), whereas Vixen has
two, and is thus "properly" qualified. If you didn't get the joke or don't appreciate the humor, don't award me the points. I promise my ego won't suffer too badly, and I vow to be more liberal with the smilies in future.
SteveAitch offered a more accessible bit of humor: that Vorderman was qualified as an engineer, and something all too true about a hammer. That was the first time I'd been told what Vorderman's field of expertise actually was. As was said: this is what we on Planet Earth call a "joke."
The matter would have been lost to the torrent of the thread but for Vixen's untruthful accusation. Unfortunately this requires me to take action, because—as an engineer myself—I have a professional responsibility not to question the relevant qualifications of others in my profession without cause. It doesn't matter that my actual comments were about some unrelated matter and in ignorance of her qualifications; if Vixen's accusation could be reasonably believed, I would stand in violation of my professional ethics. Hence my vigor in holding Vixen to account, and the belabor in establishing its falsehood.