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Acid test

trondst@mack.uit.no (Trond S. Trondsen)
(heard it,smirk)

Robert A. Day, in his book How to Write a Scientific Paper, complains
about authors who never USE anything, they UTILIZE.  They never DO,
they PERFORM.  They never START, they INITIATE.  They never END, they
FINALIZE (or TERMINATE).  They never MAKE, they FABRICATE.  They use
INITIAL for first, ULTIMATE for last, PRIOR for before, SUBSEQUENT for
after, SUFFICIENT for enough, AT THIS POINT IN TIME for now.


A plumber wrote to the Bureau of Standards saying that he had found
hydrochloric acid good for cleaning out clogged drains.  The Bureau
write back 'The efficacy of hydrochloric acid is indisputable, but 
chlorine residue is incompatible with metallic permanence'.  The plumber
replied that he was glad the Bureau agreed.  The Bureau tried again,
writing 'We cannot assume responsibility for the production of toxic
and noxious residues with hydrochloric acid, and suggest that you use
an alternate procedure'.  The plumber again said that he was glad the
Bureau agreed with him.  Finally, the Bureau wrote to the plumber
'Don't use hydrochloric acid; it eats hell out of the pipes'.

trond  =8)

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