Re: Did they really mean what it says?

Subject: Re: Did they really mean what it says?
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:16:35 -0500


From: <dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com>

>
> You thought that was nasty? Sorry--I sure didn't mean it that way.
>
> In fact, I was (and remain) amazed by the vehemence of your response to
> his original post.

It wasn't meant to be particularly vehement; it was just an observation that
what I saw was not at all as the poster described it.

>
> The ad would be funny if it were "Protect Your Stomach Lining from Tums"
> or "Protect Your Retirement Fund from Acme Bank" or any of a jillion
> other unintentionally ambiguous possibilities.
>
> Lighten up. I haven't seen anything in this thread that seemed like a
> personal attack.
>

I have. Being called "humorless" is a vicious attack on my personal (and
professional) integrity, David. ; ) Now, let's all have a great week. (I suspect
that now I know why the posting of "cute errors" is generally discouraged on
most mailing lists.)

Bonnie



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RE: RE The Friday funny: From: Jim Shaeffer
Did they really mean what it says?: From: Peter
Re: Did they really mean what it says?: From: Bonnie Granat
Re: Did they really mean what it says?: From: dmbrown
Re: Did they really mean what it says?: From: Bonnie Granat
Re: Did they really mean what it says?: From: dmbrown

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