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Subject:Re: HUMOR: Dr. Suess, Technical Writer From:Liz Bohn <Lbohn -at- UCSD -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 13 Jun 1995 09:32:23 -0700
This appeared on a home-ed newsgroup back in March. It was attributed to
Gene Ziegler, and was titled "A Grandchild's guide to using Grandpa's
computer (Ode to Dr. Seuss)."
>> If Dr. Seuss Were a Technical Writer
>>
>> Here's an easy game to play.
>> Here's an easy thing to say:
>...snip...
>===================================
>I really like this ... and it's twice in as many weeks now that
>it has been posted. What I really want to know is the name of
>the author. Anybody know?
> =*= Beverly Parks =*= bparks -at- huachuca-emh1 -dot- army -dot- mil =*=
> =*= "Unless otherwise stated, all comments are my own. =*=
> =*= I am not representing my employer in any way." =*=
Liz Bohn "Suddenly Christopher Robin began to tell Pooh
Lbohn -at- ucsd -dot- edu about... people called Kings and Queens and some-
thing called Factors, ... and how you make a
Suction Pump (if you want to)... And Pooh said
"Oh!" and "I didn't know," and thought how
wonderful it would be to have a Real Brain which
could tell you things."