My newsletter has not even rolled in yet, but thought I would say Hi! Glad to see people found it interesting. It just popped into my head while researching BOL one day.
Jamsheer - An input argument in either case just seems to be the same thing to me.
rVadim - I think you did find another variation, e.g. INSERT @tablevar VALUES (1, 2). Congratulations.
Hope everyone had fun.