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- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 15:40:31 -0500
- From: fred@page6.pinetree.org (Fred Ennis)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Email to Genie
- Message-ID: <telecom13.5.3@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: Page 6, Ottawa, Ontario +1 613-729-9451
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 5, Message 3 of 9
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- > it -- with a cover note saying, "Mike, I thought this was some very
- > interesting stuff and hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did ..."
-
- That reminds me of a rather clever practical joke played by Stuart
- MacLeod, columnist at Thompson News Services in Ottawa. The victim was
- Geoff Scott, M.P.
-
- Members of the press gallery had been sent a book that was the story
- of the Portugese immigrating to Canada. The book was part English,
- part Portugese. There was no index, which forms the basis for the
- gag.
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- Stuart sent the book to Geoff, along with a note supposedly from the
- author saying "I hope I quoted you correctly each time." This, of
- course, forced Geoff to read the entire book.
-
- Nothing to do with Telecom, but a great practial joke.
-
- All the best for the holidays.
-
-
- Fred Ennis, fred@page6.pinetree.org
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-
- [Moderator's Note: Fred's message is like the late-arriving Christmas
- card. He sent it December 15; it got here Saturday afternoon! Happy
- holidays to you too, Fre ... what there is left of them. How I will
- hate my office more than ever when I have to go in Monday morning! PAT]
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