I've been here a while and have ran into the same problem a couple of times on the forums...how can you tell when someone is funnin' and when someone is actually being serious? How does one relay sarcasm in a text only format?
I believe I have found an answer and want all of you folks to know that 98.7% of my posts will, from this point forward, contain the following picture

If you run into a forum post of mine that does not contain this picture after the date of this post, then you can acertain that I want you to take all the verbage contained in the post seriously...however, if the picture is present in the post, then know that any and every word of the post can be disregarded as a feeble attempt at humor or sarcasm. I am happy to provide this service and if you wish, you may borrow my picture for use in your own posts at anytime. Now, there we go, problem solved and all is right in the world again...carry on Skinning people!