roundtable: Brevity Levity

roundtable: Brevity Levity

Brevity Levity

jack@his.com
Sun, 09 Apr 95 11:40:16 

From: jack@his.com
Message-Id: <9504091140.0GE9J00@his.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 95 11:40:16 
Subject: Brevity Levity
To: roundtable@cni.org


The following message was posted on a BBS that I subscribe to, and I 
thought some of the readers here might find it amusing...

Subj: VICE PRESIDENT
Yesterday, John Voglewede said only this to his friend Al Gore:

JV> Happy Birthday, Mr. Vice President!

to which Bill Mason, Director of Correspondence 
for the Vice President, autoresponded:

BM> Thank you for writing to Vice President Gore via electronic
BM> mail.  Since coming on-line, vice.president@whitehouse.gov
BM> has received thousands of messages from people all over the
BM> world.
BM>
BM> Although the volume of mail prevents the Vice President from
BM> personally reviewing each message, be assured that your
BM> concerns, ideas, and suggestions have been read carefully,
BM> and a detailed report of the mail is provided to the Vice
BM> President on a regular basis.  Your message will be brought
BM> to his attention as part of that report.  We currently are
BM> working toward a system that will allow us to respond more
BM> specifically to your messages.
BM>
BM> In order to do so, your help will be needed to ensure that
BM> we can read and record your message clearly.  Please try to
BM> write short and concise messages, address only one issue per
BM> message, and send only one copy of your message.  You will
BM> receive one automated response per day.
BM>
BM> [blah, blah, blah]

...short and concise messages?? I can't decide whether to drop the "Happy" 
or the "Mr." in next year's message.  Maybe I should send "48 :-)" but he 
might think I am wearing my glasses on the top of my head with my baseball 
cap on sideways...

--
Jack Hirschfeld                  A kiddly divey too, wouldn't you?
jack@his.com

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