Mk22 - I cannot comment on how boxtops addresses me - can't say I have noticed, but i am flattered that you have apparently researched me.
In the interests of accuracy, my 2005 profile started because I had to alter my username after a technical malfunction. I have in fact been on the AB since 2000, before it actually went 'live' on the net. I mention this only because it apears relavent to you, I'm not sure why.
"Back to the debate, I did badly in school myself so would be classed as uneducated can I not laugh at myself and my kind?" absolutely, if you see it as being 'a kind', then go right ahead. All you have to do is start your post with something like -
"Like Brian, I am uneducated, and thinking about it, that's not really a jusitification for making fun of him on the Answerbank, because I understand how he would feel if he know about it, so I'll delete my post now."
and then we wouldn't be having this disucssion would we?