Seven words for seven words

James Barrow vrfour at verizon.net
Mon Jan 15 14:41:42 MST 2007


Nice.  Isn't that a haiku?

- Jim

-----Original Message-----
Dan Goldstein wrote:

Thanks for all the suggestions. In the end, I realized that it was a
mistake to look for seven words -- that would only parrot the glibness.
Instead, I looked for a more elegant form...

"Do not weigh the book.
Weigh the Help Desk telephone.
The book is lighter."

> Dan Goldstein wrote:
> > One of our developers sent an e-mail with the well-worn quote, "User
> > documentation is only weighed, never read."  [snip]
> > 
> > But what I *really* needed was a seven-word response to the glib,
> > seven-word quote...
> > 
> 

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