At 08:07 AM 7/16/98 -0500, The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:

David...

You really should have labeled this post satire, or made some note
within that it was indeed satire. There are people out there who
might actually take all the garbage in your post to heart, mistaking
it for genuine advice.

Much of the effect of satire comes from not labeling it as satire so that
people start reading it as a serious piece.  I thought it was a witty poke
at the spate of fusions and crossovers that have recently appeared on the
FFML. 

                                                      dml