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Subject:RE: Reading Humor - makes angry From:bryan -dot- westbrook -at- amd -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:27:06 -0500
Humor can also help the reader to remember details. To this day, I remember
that you cannot harm a Commodore VIC 20 just by typing on the
keyboard...unless you're an elephant.
The example itself should tell you how long ago I read that.
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> From: Mike Stockman [SMTP:stockman -at- jagunet -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 8:37 AM
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> Subject: Re: Reading Humor - makes angry
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> manuals outright, they were mainly suggesting that humor, where
> appropriate, makes reading a document more enjoyable. (See any Dummies
> book for examples.)
>
