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um, has anyone read a container (box) of toothpicks and the instructions
"Insert flat end in mouth and use"
I'm very glad they pointed this out to me, until I chose to read the
instructions I kept sticking the things into my eye, now well, the mystery
is all cleared up.
Of course, nothing gets to me more than "New and Improved" which always
leads me to the question was the previous version "Old and Crappy"?
-----Original Message-----
From: Emru Townsend [mailto:etownsen -at- Softimage -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 1:27 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: accuracy in packaging
Mandy,
You'll find that on any chocolate or peanut-based confection now -- even
cans of peanuts. It's overkill, but then there's no underestimating
stupidity, is there?
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