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From: avr@mtfmi.att.com (Adam V Reed)
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Subject: Re: Stupid AT&T Ad
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In article <15194@accuvax.nwu.edu>, erik@naggum.uu.no (Erik Naggum)
writes:

> However, does AT&T think their customers are complete idiots?  I mean,
> a five year old kid having the vocabulary and knowledge to say that,
> or have a clear grasp of the cost of going to college.  Gimme a BREAK!
> And "I bought from ... some unknown company" -- sound decision-making.
> No, I didn't find this charming, even though that all too clearly was
> the intent.

Congratulations, pardner, you have just been introduced to that
distinctive genre of North American humor known as "pulling your leg".
And, while I don't speak for the company, I'd bet some flunkey is
going to catch flak for not realizing that not all readers of the
{Harvard Business Review} are familiar with such nuances of our
perhaps unique local culture. So lighten up, will ya? I bet even you
Norwegians have some things a lot of us foreigners would find
bewildering.


Adam_V_Reed@ATT.com