Klarinet Archive - Posting 000857.txt from 1996/03

From: Nate Burk <nathan@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Benny Goodman endorsing Selmer (again)
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 07:35:12 -0500

>Get a life, man. I just mentioned this as an anecdote. You obviously do
>not know that much about Benny, or else you would realize that this is not
>unusual behavior for him. Whether it was true or not is not significant
>anyhow. Let's lighten up a little bit around here, huh??

You're right -- I don't know much about Benny Goodman, but I do know that he
didn't play on a Buffet while he was endorsing Selmer. Oh, it was just an
anecdote? You certainly didn't make it clear that this wasn't a true story
when you sent it. In fact, you actually tried to make it sound true: "and I
won't mention names..." Yeah -- and you're telling *me* to get a life?

Okay, maybe it wasn't appropriate to send this out to the entire list, but I
think it's important for people to know that stupid jokes like this may not
be interpreted by all as jokes -- that's what happened here. People should
make it clear when they're being sarcastic to avoid confusion like this.

--Nate

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