ucbcad:ucbesvax.turner (04/30/83)
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ucbesvax!turner Apr 29 04:39:00 1983
Recent complaints about replies to notes which are not
explanatory of the issue or question addressed have some
foundation. I am guilty of this laziness, as are many others.
The ultimate Orphaned Response has just appeared in net.singles
(yes, I was THAT bored):
"Good Riddance."
This is given as being from "tekid:unknown". This brings us to
our contest:
1. think of a funny orphaned response. Send it to
an appropriate newsgroup. Examples:
"But she had it coming." [net.women]
"No, you're thinking of Apollo 12." [net.space]
(Well, you could think of better ones, I'm sure.)
2. match an orphaned reponse with a later note, in the
funniest possible way.
I'll summarize, if I see a significant number of either of these.
Michael Turner
ucbvax!esvax