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Subject: Re: [OM] It'sPi Day!--now Day after Pi Day!-- Mandatory list assignments.
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 07:31:42 -0400
Amusing, but cynical in the extreme. And predictable. Just for the record,
I reported a number of city council meetings that were like a Fourth of
July fireworks show, and some that undertook to manage extremely important
matters to the citizens of that fair city and surrounding areas. And some
that were incomprehensible BS. <g>

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal


On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 2:04 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> that a direct quote should be
>> changed. That is dishonesty at the highest level. And, as an editor of
>> tens
>> of thousands of words of paraphrase, I am excruciatingly cognizant of
>> slippery slopes. Distill a three-hour city council meeting into 800 words,
>> for example, without paraphrasing.
>>
>
> Dead easy:
>
> "BS (pure)"
> "bs (idiotic)"
> "(incomprehensible)"
> "(comprehensible, but inapt)"
> "BS (pure)"
> "(comprehensible, but meaningless)"
> "bs (idiotic)"
> (stood up by mistake)
> [repeat 100 times]
-- 
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