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Subject:Re[2]: Sense of Humor Testing From:Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM Date:Thu, 12 Dec 1996 15:48:00 -0600
I for one found the piece rather lame the first time I read it, and
that impression has been confirmed with each repeated viewing.
Oh, I don't know. The first dozen or so times it was inflicted on me it
remained reasonably funny. Now that it's nearing a thousand, it's getting
rather threadbare. ;{>}
Has anyone been tracking the posts on this? I'm wondering if the group of
people who are complaining about the volume of material on this list have
any overlap with the group of people who haven't a clue about how their
mailer works, so include the entire original post with just a few sentences
of original content. (I'd single out Pam with this, but it wouldn't be
polite so I won't.) It might make an interesting study, eh?
I really enjoy the ones that even leave the techwr-l trailer on the end of
the posts, so we get treated to it multiple times. Maybe we can tie this
into the certification discussion by suggesting that the only people who
should post are ones who have passed a certification test in the use of
thier mailer? ;{>}
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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