Re: You asked for it

Subject: Re: You asked for it
From: Fred Wersan <wersan -at- ZEUS -dot- MA30 -dot- BULL -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 09:55:31 EST

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... I have never heard the other song
that you use the tune from, so I can not fully imagine the song.
Thanks for your message.

Christy Yoder
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Is this an example of the generation gap stifling communication?
Once again, "Know your audience" rears its ugly head! You can't write a
parody about knowing your audience without knowing your audience. Pretty
disgusting, huh? But as always, a useful lesson. It is very hard these days to
assume that readers share a common base of knowledge or experience, be it
cultural or otherwise. That is why attempts at humor (to pull in another thread)
are so tricky to pull off.

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Fred Wersan
Bull HN Informations Systems
MA30/872A
300 Concord Rd.
Billerica, Mass. 01821
508-294-2322
f -dot- wersan -at- bull -dot- com
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