Allen Esterson wrote: > ���������Chris Green writes: > >> Well, now, that's hilarious. It seemed "obvious" to me that it >> was intended by "Gladwell" not as a serious piece, but as as >> a sendup, (just look at the joke names of the people "interviewed": >> Sanjive, Guff of Malarkey College, Bunquum). It also seemed odd >> to me that Mike didn't realize it was a sendup. But now Allen >> informs us that it was a sendup, OF Gladwell, not BY him. Guess I got >> > had. > > Chris: I looked long and hard at both your [see below] and Mike's > postings and couldn't see any sign that the article was recognised as a > parody. That's why I highlighted the following: > >> And Christopher Green wrote: [snip] >> >>> more to the point of THIS ADMITTEDLY TRITE >>> GLADWELL PIECE���" (emphasis added) >>> > > Apologies, Chris. I can only say in mitigation that you responded to > Mike's posting as if he were dealing with a genuine piece by Gladwell > with no indication that the subject of the discussion was a joke, and > you also referred to the "admittedly trite Gladwell piece". Well, now we're deep into the "I thought you meant that I meant that you meant..." but here we go: I did mistakenly think it was an authentic Gladwell piece. That is certainly how it was sent to the list. I could tell it was a sendup (by the joke names used), but I thought it was a sendup BY Gladwell of research that is too obvious to be done in the first place (rather than a sendup OF Gladwell's work BY someone else). Thus, I was had. So that's probably more information about my thought processes than anyone wanted to hear. So I will stop now.
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