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Re: April Fools posts
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lugnet.general
Date: 
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:

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.

Au contraire!! I think that subtle addition of hints make the joke even better
- if people miss the hint, more fool them!!!

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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  Re: April Fools posts
 
(...) 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 (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: April Fools posts
 
(...) Au contraire!! I think that subtle addition of hints make the joke even better - if people miss the hint, more fool them!!! ROSCO (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)

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