[2169] in Humor
HUMOR: To keep it from hitting the fan...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Thu Oct 16 12:47:10 1997
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 12:37:48 -0400
To: Humor@MIT.EDU, mowu@MIT.EDU, mgshea@aol.com, wheger@wbc-architects.com,
Kris_Kelly@notes.pw.com, jbran18610@aol.com, dunbar@MIT.EDU,
dahv@MIT.EDU, jsquill@MIT.EDU, mtsai@bqa.com, immer@MIT.EDU,
celia_kent@harvard.edu,
Maryellen Fitzgibbon <mfitzgib@fas.harvard.edu>
From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 01:35:16 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
>From: "Jonathan E. D. Richmond" <jonathan_richmond@harvard.edu>
>To: "Jonathan's-Fanclub":;
>Subject: Looney letter
>X-X-Sender: richmond@mail.inetport.com
>
>>The Times: All the News That's Not Fit to Print... Here's today's
>traditional looney letter...
>
>Excuses, excuses
> From Mrs Ian Campbell
>
> Sir, Many years ago my son, a young subaltern in the army,
> was told that the best way to avoid wrath on losing
> expensive equipment was to send a message "Regret the loss
> of six water-bottles down a ravine".
>
> After several weeks had elapsed a further message should
> be sent saying "Referring to my earlier message, for
> water-bottles read tanks".
>
> Yours faithfully,
> PATRICIA J. CAMPBELL,
> Furzetor,
> Sampford Spiney,
> Yelverton, Devon.
> October 13.
>
>-----
>
>Jonathan E. D. Richmond (617) 864-6394
>Fellow (617) 495-9915
>Taubman Center for State and Local Government FAX: (617) 496-1722
>Kennedy School of Government
>Harvard University
>Cambridge MA 02138
>
>e-mail: Jonathan_Richmond@harvard.edu or richmond@alum.mit.edu
>WWW: http://the-tech.mit.edu/~richmond/
>
>
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