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From: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Complimenting Strangers
Message-ID: <779@oddjob.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 20:01:46 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 11 20:01:46 1985
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Reply-To: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
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In article <585@ihlpg.UUCP> sed408@ihlpg.UUCP (Sarah E. Dugan) writes:
>Dear God, I hope men aren't getting so afraid of being taken the wrong way
>that they're afraid to say nice things to women.  What is this world coming
>to?  PLEASE KEEP SAYING THE NICE THINGS (in an non-threatening way)!!!!!!  

'Fraid so, Sarah.  Unless they smile or say something first, I don't
feel free to anything more than assume a vaguely pleasant facial
expression and point it in their direction.  (If I'm in the vaguely
pleasant mood which goes with this activity, the expression is usually
already in place, so it won't be mistaken for leering!)  This is a 
neighborhood where almost everyone, men and women alike, carries a
whistle.  Luckily, this is also a neighborhood where people turn out
when a whistle is blown.
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