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On Sun, 20 Aug 1995 12:29:21 -0700 Luigi Semenzato wrote:
>
>OK folks,
>
>I still have a faint hope that this is an elaborate and quite
>effective joke at my expenses.
>
>My copy of the SFBA newsletter, which I got yesterday, contains
>a front-page article titled `Salt Ponds Convert to Sailing Sites.'
>The article is a fake. I wrote it on 7/1 and sent it to this
>mailing list. To give it a modicum of credibility, I pretended
>it came from a respectable newspaper (the San Jose Mercury News),
>which I don't even read.
>
>If nobody else has seen this in their newsletter, then I have to
>bow to a truly splendid joke. However, I doubt I am worthy of
>so much attention, not to mention work. If it was indeed sent
>to everybody, then I am very sorry.
>
>In the latter case, I can suggest two courses of action to the SFBA:
>
>1. slithering apologies. Here's a suggestion for the wording:
>
>`We are sorry. The article `Salt Ponds etc.' in our August
>newsletter was not published in the SJMN, as stated, but it
>was a product of the fertile imagination of Luigi Semenzato.
>We admit we are complete doofuses for reprinting an article
>without first checking its source, and we apologize to all
>our members, and in particular to Luigi Semenzato for using
>his copyrighted material without permission.'
>
>
I suggest you rethink who is the complete doofus here. I read the article
and thought the idea was fairly ludicrous, but it seemed plausible
considering the sites some people will sail in. You must be aware that this
listserver is primarily used by SFBA members and is likely to be
monitored closely by the newsletter people. I suggest you find better
things to do with your time or at least work on your sense of parody.
It was neither funny nor clear that it was a parody. Result: a waste of
limited space in the newsletter.
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Name: Dave Hoagland San Francisco Newspaper Agency
E-mail: hoagland@sfgate.com-DeleteThis Tel (415) 477-7422
08/21/95 10:12:19
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