Turn Off HTML Encoding In Messages

[Kneale Brownson]

Is this good for the Bart-of-the-Month Award?    Thanks for the mirthful 
prodding, Dave.


At 05:06 PM 03/07/2001 +1200, David Eaton wrote:

>well, i'm not so sure what a "bic" mac is, or what fries has to do with ball
>point pens but, if you mean a "big" mac - as in "HTML is to the Internet as
>Fries is to BIG MACs", then you should know that selling fries to customers
>wanting a big mac is a classic example of what is known as "cross selling" 
>amongst
>certain capitalistic, imperialistic, all-over-you-like-a-rash companies.  the
>customer didn't want it, but you sold it to them anyway.  it is one reason 
>what
>the aforementioned companies now have outposts in afganistan and the artic 
>circle.
>
>
>it goes like this: you ask for a big mac, whereupon the pimply faced youth 
>asks
>you "would you like fries with that sir".  at which point any self-respecting
>person would say "look bozo, if i had wanted fries, i would have bloodly well
>asked for them!".
>
>ditto mime with my email.
>
>hth,
>dave
>'95 rs2
>'90 ur-q
>
> >From: "quattro toronto" <quattro_toronto at hotmail.com>
> >To: ameer at snet.net, quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: RE: Turn Off HTML Encoding In Messages
> >Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 20:51:24 -0500
> >
> >Amen!  HTML is to the Internet as Fries is to BIC MACs.
> >Welcome to the Information Age folks!
> >
>