Estimating time

Subject: Estimating time
From: Martin Waxman <martin -at- waxman -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 14:57:30 -0400

When asked to estimate, I sometimes ask them to tell me how long it would take for them to write a poem.
One guy actually wrote a poem and smugly handed it to me.
I told him he forgot to include mentioning the flag, my dog Rover, and mom's apple pie.
He gave me a strange look.



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