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From: briand@tekig1.UUCP (Brian Diehm)
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.jokes
Subject: Re: NEW Improved Definition
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 13:30:16 EST
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>     Ever wonder what "NEW improved" on a product label really means?
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>                    |  NEW IMPROVED PROFIT MARGIN  |
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     An acquaintence of mine always tells of how, years ago, he purchased a
box of Kleenex with the "extra" label:

          "NEW IMPROVED COUNT"

     Sure enough, when he got home to compare with his old box, he found that
he'd paid the same price for FEWER Kleenex!

-Brian Diehm
Tektronix, Inc., which doesn't have any official position on Kleenex.