I’m not clever enough. But the student journalists at Washington State University are.
UD thanks Dance for sending her this.
Yes. That’s it. Click on the word this. Click on it.
And enjoy.
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PS: SOS just wrote to the editor about the misspelling in the article’s title.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:56PM
Brilliant!
Hats off to the WSU Daily Evergreeners!
July 1st, 2009 at 8:08PM
Very clever indeed. UD could compose a whole series of such letters — for the university president who didn’t know his salary was so high; to the professor of medicine who says as long as he takes payola from all sides the effects will cancel out; to the trustee who’s never been to the library but who’s sure the skybox seats at the stadium will bring in lots of cash; etc.
Tangentially, this is a neat tool for boilerplate generation too — the Education Jargon Generator:
http://www.sciencegeek.net/lingo.html
July 1st, 2009 at 8:56PM
This is brilliant. I love the hints under the blanks. Thanks for posting this, I needed a laugh!
July 1st, 2009 at 9:20PM
As someone who grew up reading Mad Magazine, I tip my hat to the editors. BTW, there’s a hidden gem if you mouse over the blanks.