Best reply yet....
Glenn Voorhees (grasshopper)
caine@findtao.com
Sat, 8 Dec 2001 23:46:43 -0800
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A few weeks ago I sent out an email with one of my take-offs on the =
Mastercard ad campain "Priceless", and got this great response from one =
of my old co-workers Jason, and with his permission I am forwarding it =
for your amusement....
Glenn - I'm really starting to dislike you...
My version goes something like this:
Monday, November 12, around 7:30 AM...
"Starbuck's Coffee" brewed by the Mini-Mart machine (not quite so =
gourmet): $1.31
Balance Bar for breakfast, because I'm late for a meeting (7:30 =
meetings on Monday? What?): $1.75
Floppy disk containing my presentation I worked on at midnight on =
Sunday: $0.00 (Those come free, lucky me)
My computer locking up and the printer breaking simultaneously after =
I'm already late, nearly giving me a heart attack . . . Well, you know.
The only consolation I can offer Jason is that when I was two years into =
my career, Starbucks didn't exist on the East coast yet, the 1.44MB =
floppy disk hadn't been invented, and if you wanted to print something =
landscape you had to enter these obscure "print strings" into Lotus with =
something like 20 characters and you could never tell from the manual if =
it was a 1 or an l so it took 3 or 4 tries to get it right. Of course =
somebody on this list is going to send me a story about back in the day =
what happened when the typewriter ribbon ran out just before a =
meeting....
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class=3D430091422-12112001>Glenn - I'm really starting to dislike=20
you...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D430091422-12112001>My=20
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class=3D430091422-12112001>Monday, November 12, around 7:30=20
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class=3D430091422-12112001>"Starbuck's Coffee" brewed by the Mini-Mart =
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(not quite so gourmet): $1.31</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D430091422-12112001>Balance Bar for breakfast, because I'm late =
for a=20
meeting (7:30 meetings on Monday? What?): =20
$1.75</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D430091422-12112001>Floppy disk containing my presentation I =
worked on at=20
midnight on Sunday: $0.00 (Those come free, lucky=20
me)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D430091422-12112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=3D430091422-12112001><STRONG>My computer locking up and the =
printer=20
breaking simultaneously after I'm already late, nearly giving me a =
heart=20
attack . . . Well, you=20
know.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D430091422-12112001>The =
only consolation=20
I can offer Jason is that when I was two years into my career, Starbucks =
didn't=20
exist on the East coast yet, the 1.44MB floppy disk hadn't been =
invented, and if=20
you wanted to print something landscape you had to enter these obscure =
"print=20
strings" into Lotus with something like 20 characters and you could =
never tell=20
from the manual if it was a 1 or an l so it took 3 or 4 tries to get it=20
right. Of course somebody on this list is going to send me a story =
about=20
back in the day what happened when the typewriter ribbon ran out just =
before a=20
meeting....</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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