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On March 22, 1996 David Haberstich wrote:
Humor is a subjective thing, but I believe Scott Williams was right
about not having a free-for-all humor contest on this list. The anecdote
about not knowing the difference between Tokyo and Japan is a good
example of the risks: not a single person in my office thinks that's
funny or even mildly amusing. Sorry if we're a bunch of sourpusses...
David Haberstich
I enjoy Museum-L for it's informality and great variety of expression. I
belong to several heavily moderated lists which tend to be highly technical
and fairly boring.
I think that Anita's suggestion has a legitimate place here in the Big Tent
of Museum-L and that we can all exercise our preferences by pressing the
delete key if the subject is not one of interest.
In this same spirit I think that it would be only fair to ask those who want
to express their displeasure at the current thread, "A lighter note" to mark
their subject header: "Sourpuss".
This way, those of us who enjoy annecdotal and humorous communcation can
intelligently exercise our own delete keys.
Cheers,
Dave
David Harvey
Conservator of Metals & Arms
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776 USA
voice: 804-220-7039
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