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Re: [at-l] More Matter & Less Art Please

> From:          SaraSW@aol.com
> Date:          Fri, 13 Feb 1998 08:02:30 EST
> To:            at-l@saffron.hack.net
> Subject:       Re: [at-l] More Matter & Less Art Please

> Julie writes:
> 
> << But I'm getting frustrated about having to slog through and delete so many
> messages that are nothing more than private jokes. >>
> 
> The jokes aren't really private--they're absolutely public. Sometimes a joke
> has been around a long time so newcomers wouldn't know the reference, but
> often there isn't a reference. Felix (or somebody else) throws out some off-
> the-wall comment (oops! sorry Felix--I meant humorous non-sequitor) and other
> folks take off with it until sometimes it becomes the best entertainment
> around.
> 

>> Thanks,Sara. Glad to see support for the light-hearted. BTW, how'd 
the beans turn out?

>>Eva
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