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Subject:Re: Best technical writing of the season From:Tom Galloway <tyg -at- panix -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Mon, 5 Jan 2004 16:15:25 -0500 (EST)
>The instructions are clear enough for a kid who is seven.
Which reminds me of Freedonia President Rufus T. Firefly's* comment on a
piece of writing (from memory);
"[loudly to a group of Cabinet ministers] Why, a six year old child could
understand this! [sotto voce to an underling] Go get me a six year old child;
I can't make heads or tails out of this!"
