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Subject:Re Humor as a communication technique From:"Mark L. Levinson" <mark -at- MEMCO -dot- CO -dot- IL> Date:Tue, 16 Jun 1998 20:54:08 +0300
At the risk of offending a few, is it worth it to make the
majority laugh?
** Most places where I've worked have a hard enough
time finding talented technical writers. Finding
talented technical writers who are also talented
humorists sounds supertough to me. You, Mr. Plato,
are a talented humorist but heaven save us from
untalented humorists.
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