Re: Humor

Subject: Re: Humor
From: Martyn Thirlway <thirlwaym -at- USOFT -dot- NL>
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 09:05:00 PDT

>Matt wrote:

>Under Part V: References for Real People, some listed commands include
>a "BS" section, "A little BS about most of the commands." Under
>Netware is listed:

>ENGAGE
> What it does: Nothing, but it makes you feel like the Captain.
> Syntax: ENGAGE
> Who can use it: Picard
> BS: Yes.

Fine, except that you cannot even know that your target
audience has ever heard of Star Trek, let alone seen it (I
assume it is a reference to Star Trek - personally I am not a
fan) Then it just becomes confusing, and certainly not amusing

Martyn Thirlway
thirlwaym -at- usoft -dot- nl

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