humanly raised family farm meats

[Jonathan Lighter]

Bill, this is why I never use humor.

"Wetware" is common cyberslang for "the human brain, esp. as belonging to a
computer operator; human intelligence."  Hence, by synecdoche, a person.

"Interaction-interface" is a new term pseudocyberterm suggesting
interaction with the public.

So the whole concept is quite droll really.

Jon

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net>wrote:

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> Please someone tell me I'm not the only one on this list who has no idea
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> Bill Palmer
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> > And I meant to say, "interaction-interface wetware."  Sorry.
> >
> > JL
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Rick Barr <rickbarremail at gmail.com>
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> >> What everybody else has said makes you wonder about humans in the
> >> workplace,
> >> but the original post in the thread strikes me as a typo for
> >> *humanely*raised meats, an adverb that has been around for a while
> >> with regard to
> >> raising animals.
> >>
> >> -- Rick
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
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> >> > How about the Ally Bank commercial (one of a series) in which the
> >> > greedy
> >> > and
> >> > mendacious developmental psychologist (I guess that's what he is)
> >> pretends
> >> > to a little girl that he's the slave of a robotic phone-answering doll
> >> that
> >> > looks just like him?
> >> >
> >> > Why shouldn't they charge extra for allowing us access to a human
> >> > being?
> >> > Human beings are busy people and, in the long run, more expensive than
> >> > robots to keep on the job. It's simple fairness that customers should
> >> help
> >> > defray the cost of wetware, especially public-contact wetware.
> >> >
> >> > Not satire, prophecy.
> >> >
> >> > JL
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Bill Palmer <
> w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net
> >> > >wrote:
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> >> > > A commercial for one of the persoanl injury law firms around here
> >> > features
> >> > > a
> >> > > testimonial from a woman who says her attorney is not only a lawyer,
> >> but
> >> > > also a human being. I wonder if she pays extra for that.
> >> > >
> >> > > Bill Palmer
> >> > >
> >> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
> >> > > To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >> > > Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 12:05 PM
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> >> > > > On a page accessed via the Gloucester Stage web site, the Alchemy
> >> > > > Cafe and Bistro advertises -- or is advertised -- as having
> >> > > > "humanly
> >> > > > Raised Family Farm Meats".
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I prefer meats raised by extraterrestrial humanoids myself.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Joel
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