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Subject:RE: levels of detail -- are we beyond this? From:"Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> To:"'Doug Grossman'" <Doug -dot- Grossman -at- sas -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L''" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:24:32 -0700
Instruction #5 should state, "Repeat once." For the absence of one
four-letter word, the Hollywood divette shampooed her hair until she was
bald...
Lauren
> From: Doug Grossman
> The shampoo instructions also need to say when you can stop.
> If you always follow Instruction #5, you'd be shampooing
> until it was all gone and then have to run out to the store
> to get another bottle so that you could continue. You'd have
> very clean hair, but not much of a life otherwise.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Butler, Darren
> Instructions:
>
> 1. Wet hair thoroughly with warm water
>
> 2. Apply a generous amount of Mr. Andre's
> SuperModel-Strength, Anti-Sludge Shampoo (with kumquat &
> alfalfa extracts)
>
> 3. Gently Wash hair
>
> 4. Rinse
>
> 5. Repeat
>
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