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In article <l7r12gINNban@news.bbn.com>, rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman) writes:
|> Yes, if I'd been helped by the nice guy at the next counter over instead.

Somehow I doubt it.

|> (I knew I'd get in trouble for this statement.)

So why did you say it?

|> Mostly I mentioned it because my experience contradicted that of 
|> Barnicle et al. who always complain that Registry employees are rude,
|> unfriendly, gruff, and stupid.

That's funny, I don't see "ugly" or "old" in that list of adjectives.

Even if Barnicle did describe the employees as "ugly" or "old," there are two
relevant facts to point out: (1) Two wrongs don't make a right.  Barnicle's
standard of writing is not necessarily the standard of writing to be followed.
(2) Barnicle's writing is, well, a bit more "ascerbic" than most people can
get away with.  What he writes is, to a large extent, satire.

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