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From: Ed Rush
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1992 02:28

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In article <1992Jan18.153953.29021@morrow.stanford.edu> GC.TLR@forsythe.stanford.edu (TerreMoto) writes:
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>My experience with personal ads.
> ...
>I spent as great deal of time considering how to approach the
>problem of how to present myself. These are my opinions.
> ...
>3. Be accurate or even exaggerate your imperfections. It is better
>to have someone be pleasantly surprised that you are not as bad as
>they feared than have them shocked at your less than show-case
>body/brain/car/job etc.

Could you give an example?  If, for instance, a person were 10-15
pounds overweight, I doubt that it would be productive to advertise
"Ye gods, am I fat!"
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