RE: A grand, grand opening line...

["Sean O'Donoghue-Hayes (EAA)" <Sean.O'Donoghue-Hayes -at- ericsson -dot- com -dot- au>]

Now it is just getting silly.....

I think that any of your original methods for an opening line were fine, as
long as they reflect the corporate culture;.........

for example....


"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, users of the Wedco 2002 Version 2.0 system;
lend me your ears." 

"This is a Wedco 2002 Computer system I see before me, and with this manual
I shall banish this apparition."

"To use or not to use, whether it is mightier in the skill to blunder
forward blindly or to use this Wedco 2002 User Manual to direct you in a way
most officious to your process ends."  




regards and thanks, 
Sean O'Donoghue-Hayes
Sean.O'Donoghue-Hayes -at- ericsson -dot- com -dot- au

(61) (03) 9301-1695
 
EAA/N,
Melbourne Central, Level 34.99,
360 Elizabeth Street,
Melbourne 3000



-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Byfield [mailto:bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, 23 September 2002 1:42 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: A grand, grand opening line...



Andrew T. Brooke wrote:

>What sayeth thee, my dear tech writing brothers and sisters? Novelists know
>that the first line of a novel is the hardest. Well, this ain't a novel,
but
>a good opening line can't hurt.
>
>Got any good opening lines? Send them in now - operators are standing
>by.....
>

"Call me Widgetmaster 4000."

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young man in possession 
of a good fortune must be in want of a computer."

"It was the best of operating systems, it was the worst of operating 
systems  it was the purchase of wisdom, it was the purchase of 
foollishness, it was the software of  belief,  it was the software of 
incredulity, it was the hardware of Light, it was the hardware of 
Darkness,  it was the motherboard of Hope, it was the motherboard of 
Darkness, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,  we 
were all going direct to Heaven,  we were all going direct the other way 
- in short, the purchase was so far like the present purpose that some 
of its noisest authorities insisted on it being received, for good or 
for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."

-- 
Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604.421.7177



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