Quoting Rowland Penny (rpenny@???):

> Certainly:
>
> [quote]
> Steve, please stop helping. As you often do, you are just adding noise.
> [/quote]

I remain unclear on how politely asking my friend to stop 'helping' in
this case prevents him from ignoring my request, if he prefers to
continue nonetheless. Perhaps I've developed awesome mind-control
powers without noticing?