Re: indexing jokes?

[Peter Kent <techwr -at- ARUNDEL -dot- COM>]

Steve Fouts said:
> And I think that humorless people, be they undertakers or
> professional surfers, should be viciously lampooned in public.
> It is my considered opinion that there are far too many of
> them in our profession.

> When I am asked what a technical writer does I tell people,
> "You know those computer software manuals and help files that
> you never read, and can't understand when you do? I write those."

> Please, write to me and tell me how terrible it is that "one
> of our own" should demean the profession in that way. It's Friday,
> and I need a good laugh. And I'll only make fun of you to a few
> people in the office, I promise.

Hear, hear! The world needs a little more humor, not less. And it needs it
most in the areas it's not usually found. As Michael Palin once said: "You
should be able to laugh at anything; you can come over and laugh at my wife
and kids anytime!"

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