Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!noao!terak!jb From: jb@terak.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: Re: Speaking of Pablo Neruda... Message-ID: <179@terak.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 11:32:01 EDT Article-I.D.: terak.179 Posted: Thu Oct 18 11:32:01 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Oct-84 06:49:50 EDT References: <1734@inmet.UUCP> Organization: Terak Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 43 > <> > In 1973 Pablo Neruda was invited by the trustees of Boston University > to speak at commencement. When the Daily Free Press (the student paper) > got the announcement, the following ensued: > > "Pablo Neruda? Who the hell is Pablo Neruda?" > "Don't ask me." > "Is he Mexican or something?" > "I don't know. Isn't he a poet?" > "I thought he was a musician or something." > "Well, he must be famous or they wouldn't invite him." > "What should the headline say?" > "Pablo Neruda To Speak At Commencement, of course." > "That's terrible! You can't have that for a headline!" > "Why not?" > "Nobody knows who he is. You can't have someone's name in a > headline if nobody knows who he is. Make it 'Famous Poet to Speak > at Commencement'." > "How can he be famous if nobody knows who he is?" > "I don't think he's a poet, is he?" > "OK, we won't say 'poet' in the headline." > "But we have to say 'Famous'." > > In the end, the following headline appeared: > > FAMOUS MEXICAN TO SPEAK AT COMMENCEMENT > > I still have a copy of this headline somewhere or other. > > -- Mark Lutton --------------------------------------------------------------------- Above message was listed as 0 lines by vnews and, when I hit space bar to read, I get a floating point exception and core dump! Anyone know why this is happening? John Blalock uucp: ...hao!noao!terak!jb phone: (602) 998-4800 us mail: Terak Corp., 14151 N. 76th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85260