humanly raised family farm meats

[Bill Palmer]

Well, I appreciate being brought up to date, Jon.
Droll, indeed.

Bill P
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: humanly raised family farm meats


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> 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
>> what that means.
>>
>> Bill Palmer
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 3:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: humanly raised family farm meats
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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>
>> > wrote:
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>> >> Subject:      Re: humanly raised family farm meats
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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
>> >> >wrote:
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>> >> > Subject:      Re: humanly raised family farm meats
>> >> >
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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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>> >> > > Subject:      Re: humanly raised family farm meats
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
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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
>> >> > > Subject: humanly raised family farm meats
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>> >> > > > Subject:      humanly raised family farm meats
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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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