"a single message misunderstood or a single message flagged is not the end of the world" lol! When I can't understand what someone says, I usually just ignore it, instead of thinking it's end of the world. Nevertgeless, the chances may be that orator was trying to teasing me but I didn't perceive his teasing streak at all. I think that's why I was considered as big-nerved when I was in undergraduate school.

I even didn't understand what they meant by big-nerved until much long later. lol!

I considered they meant I was crazy by big-nerved.