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#149600 10/31/2005 7:14 AM
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A written job reference I once received from a prospective employee stated:-

"If you can get this person to work for you, you'll be very lucky."

The poor prospective employee could did see just how ambiguous the statement was. A good example of Parisology perhaps?
Robert

#149601 11/01/2005 2:29 PM
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I would say so, yes.

#149602 11/01/2005 4:21 PM
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The quintessential parisologist would be former President Clinton: "I did not have sex with that woman." Old news, perhaps, but it's his legacy . . .

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The quintessential parisologist




oh, I can think of another *President that outdoes Clinton...


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#149604 11/01/2005 8:35 PM
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P P
(politics police)

#149605 11/01/2005 8:46 PM
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yeah, yeah. I didn't say nuttin'.


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yeah, yeah. I didn't say nuttin'.




That's OK, etaoin. We all knew you were thinking of William Harrison.

#149607 11/01/2005 8:59 PM
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>thinking of William Harrison.

oh goodie, political trivia.

who was the 21st US president?

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yeah, yeah. I didn't say nuttin'.




That's OK, etaoin. We all knew you were thinking of William Harrison.




oh, guess I didn't parisologize myself too well, eh?


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