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@@ -39,18 +39,26 @@ men take these noxious substances and go into convulsive states. Their
 twitchings and mutterings are thought to have prophetic significance.")
 ```
 
-This is the only example I know that dares to put parentheses within
-parentheses, unless we're counting math textbooks. In a way it works,
-since if information is ever *superfluous*, the history of sailors
-getting high on nutmeg fits that bill. An academic reader might easily
-pick up on that, but to everyone else, I think a full paragraph of text
-in parentheses signals the reader to scroll down in the hopes that the
-story continues.
+This is the only example I know that dares to put parentheses *and* a
+long quote within parentheses, unless we're counting math textbooks.
+In a way it works, since if information is ever *superfluous*, the
+history of sailors getting high on nutmeg fits that bill. A careful
+reader might easily pick up on that, but to everyone else, I think a
+full paragraph of text in parentheses signals the reader to scroll
+down in the hopes that the story continues.
 
 But just in case you think I'm just picking on William S.
-Burroughs, here's an example I regrettably wrote to a ... recently:
+Burroughs, here's an example I regrettably wrote to a coworker
+recently with some details removed:
 
-...
+```
+[...] As a precaution, I did review $NOBODY's recent
+$THING_I_WAS_ASKED_TO_REVIEW (if you would like a detailed report on
+that, I can pull that together for you).
+```
+
+Somehow, I managed to take the *one* point worth emphasizing (an entire
+sentence at that!) and *de*-emphasized it.
 
 It's a habit I can't break. So please, if you are a caring reader, do
 complain when I overuse parentheses. I deserve it.