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Re: April Fools posts
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 6 Apr 2001 00:37:47 GMT
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in article GBCDHA.JI7@lugnet.com, Ross Crawford wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Mark Sandlin writes:
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> > After all of the ranting and raving that followed, I was sorry to see Todd
> > add a disclaimer to his own joke. I felt that the spirit had been stripped
> > from the joke, and I was especially saddened that it was my own joke that
> > provided the fodder for all the sticks in the mud to complain and whine.
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> Au contraire!! I think that subtle addition of hints make the joke even better
> - if people miss the hint, more fool them!!!
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> ROSCO
Subtle hints are good. Todd's disclaimer wasn't subtle. It basically said
"This is an April Fool's joke" only, not in so many words.
~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| (...) Well, it was stuck near the bottom of a big long ginormous post, which meant there was a fair chance people would hit the reply button before seeing it. There's more than 1 kind of subtlety. 8?) ROSCO (25 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Au contraire!! I think that subtle addition of hints make the joke even better - if people miss the hint, more fool them!!! ROSCO (25 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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