I don;t do paranthetical asides. Half my posts are asides. the nature of my humor is asidish. But I do seem to use em dashes and elipses--seem to get away with them....if you know what i mean. great story, Roz, LMAO!!! ps we all get to have our punctuation favs--variety is...the spice of life....over the top is...the spice of (humor). Ps you could aways try [these!]