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From: mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (MKR)
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Subject: MCI "eh?" MCI "Beg Pardon?" MCI "SPEAK UP!"
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Date: Tue, 25-Mar-86 12:43:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 25 12:43:32 1986
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	A funny thing happened to me last Friday. As I got home from
work my phone was ringing, and being the responsible, mature adult
that I am, I answered it.

	First I heard some awful static and then a weak voice saying,
"Mr. Ross? Mr. Ross?". 

	"Yes, I am," sez I, fairly loudly because it was
a very noisy, low-quality long-distance line. 
	
	I could make out the voice over the line noise: "Mr. Ross, 
this is Wilma Whipsnade (not her real name) of MCI. Did you recently 
get your ballot for selecting a long distance phone company?"

	"Yes, I did," sez I, not wishing to lie.

	"Pardon me?" said Wilma.

	"Yes, I did," I said, a little louder so she could hear me.

	"Did you choose MCI?"

	"No, I didn't."

	"Would you bu ntemrstd m savnng mxplthh frzbckt?" said the voice.

	"I beg your pardon?"
	
	"Would you be interested in saving 30 to 50 percent on each long
distance call you make?" she said, a little louder. I couldn't hear her
very well, but I was beginning to smell something.

	"No," sez I (well, I *would* be interested in saving the money, so
technically speaking, I suppose I lied, but I could see what was coming) "I
*like* to spend money, but thanks anyway," I said, then I hung up.




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					--MKR

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 after they have been written down."   -Schopenhauer