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Subject:Re: Top Ten? (Dubious attempt at humor) From:"Wayne J. Douglass" <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:40:27 -0800
At 09:15 AM 1/27/97 -0600, Mitch Berg wrote:
>Oh yeah? Why not start a "Battle of the Tech Writers" in your area?
>
>It can be just like "American Gladiators", with special events to let
>people really show their stuff:
>
>* Speed Research
>* Precision Scheduling (against stationary and moving Deadlines)
>* Blindfolded Budgeting
>* The Publishing Tool Bug Obstacle Course
>* The Changing Management Priorities Endurance Test
>* The "Hiring an MA in TechComm" crapshoot
>* Online Development Environment roulette
>* Define SGML in 25 Words or Less
>...and so on.
>
>In this way we can, once and for all, determine who ARE the ten best
>tech writers in any area.
>
>I'll work on the TV contract...
>
Yeah, but if it's on Pay Per View, I'd prefer mud wrestling, thank you very
much...
--Wayne Douglass
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