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Subject:Responsible use of Obviously From:Jim Taylor <j -dot- taylor5 -at- GENIE -dot- GEIS -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 16 Oct 1993 02:22:00 BST
Many people in my company have a nother term for "Obviously". They start
statements off in meetings by saying the thing they are about to discuss
is a "no-brainer". After that little statement, no one is going to admit
they did not understand. The "no-brainer" is usually filled with
technical babble that most in the audience do not understand, and the
meeting ends with them still not understanding the topic.
