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- From: landman@hal.COM (Howard Landman)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: Lurkers
- Message-ID: <1htjc8INN7vv@bang.hal.COM>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 01:45:44 GMT
- References: <BzLCKw.Mun@ibmpcug.co.uk> <1992Dec22.193541.21903@ctp.com> <BzoKLH.9A4@ibmpcug.co.uk>
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- In article <BzoKLH.9A4@ibmpcug.co.uk> shelly@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk (Shelly DelVeccio) writes:
- >OK, try this: "Hi, shelly, are ya lesbian? Write me and I'll send ya
- >sumpthin."
- >
- >Appropriate or no? You make the call.
-
- No. In a first message, you want to make a good impression. Therefore, the
- following would be better:
-
- "Hi, Shelly, are you lesbian? If so, write me and I'll send you something
- further. If not, sorry I bothered you, and have a nice day."
-
- Manners are important. :-) So is spelling, when you care enough to send
- the very best.
-
- OK. ;-) .-) :-) I'm partly kidding. I don't think such a message is really
- appropriate for a first email, except perhaps if you are truly desperate for
- someone to talk to and think that only a True Lesbian (TM) could possibly
- understand you and don't know of any personally. Even in that case, it's
- much sweeter to warm up by asking about something else, like perhaps something
- the recipient posted earlier. And to open up by saying a little about yourself
- before asking such intimate questions.
-
- I could go on, but it's too much like trying to make a silk purse out of a
- sow's ear.
-
- Howard
-