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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Smileys Vs. Humor
Message-ID: <236@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 31 Aug 89 19:00:27 GMT
References: <sYrS8Ay00WB84go0hh@andrew.cmu.edu> <434@tp2.Waterloo.NCR.COM> <948@utoday.UUCP> <5862@ficc.uu.net> <949@utoday.UUCP> <2006@avsd.UUCP> <951@utoday.UUCP> <2019@avsd.UUCP>
Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
Organization: Wimsey Associates
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In article <2019@avsd.UUCP> childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers) writes:
}greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes:
}
}>Richard:  it was a joke!
}
}I understand this. But I didn't laugh last time it was brought up, either.
}
}If you <generic> don't want such a thing to happen, you <generic> don't bring
}up a topic.
}
}The presence of a smiley does not necessarily indicate the _presence_ of humor,
}so much as it does the _intent_ of humor, which is an entirely separate thing.

Geez, get off your soapbox :-)

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