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Bright Blue Shorts Started conversation Aug 6, 2002
Entry: Advice for the Class of 2001 ... - A559749
Author: Bright Blue Shorts - U116149
A bit of BBS wit for you. It's theme may seem a touch familiar. Just read it and weep (with tears of laughter)!
BBS 
A559749 - Advice for the Class of 2001 ...
Bright Blue Shorts Posted Oct 14, 2002
Anyone got any comments?
BBS
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Spiff Posted Oct 14, 2002
Hi BBS, it seems to me i read this a while ago, and enjoyed it as much that time as i did just now rereading it. 
maybe the title isn't quite attracting the audience...
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Catwoman Posted Oct 14, 2002
Lots of fun.
Tell them to eat cheesecake. 
?
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Martin Harper Posted Oct 16, 2002
Made me smile, though not the funniest thing I've read here. It felt like there was a touch of bitterness through this entry: have you been hurt by Mr. Lurman? 
-Lucinda
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Martin Harper Posted Oct 16, 2002
Made me smile, though not the funniest thing I've read here. It felt like there was a touch of bitterness through this entry: have you been hurt by Mr. Lurman?
-Lucinda
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Bright Blue Shorts Posted Oct 18, 2002
Well there's too possibilities there ...
1) my warped sense of humour contains bitterness. I don't think so, as it mainly contains cynicism and sarcasm. I reread it with fresh eyes and could only see 1 or 2 points out of 20+ that might be deemed bitter
2) perhaps your projecting your own feelings into this work ...
BBS
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SomeMuppet Posted Jul 20, 2003
I like this one. HAs a kind of bittersweet air to it.
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a girl called Ben Posted Jul 20, 2003
Lucinda, projecting? Surely not!
I like this too, and the only advice I would give is to reiterate the suggestion to change the title. "Advice for the 21st Century"? "Advice for Freshmen in the 21st Century"? "An e-mail from Lord Chesterfield's great-great grandson"?
As already indicated, the title does not do justice to the piece.
B
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a girl called Ben Posted Jul 20, 2003
Bloody hell! No-one posts in this thread for over 9 months, then there's a simulpost!
B
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SomeMuppet Posted Jul 20, 2003
You have now entered into the Twilight Zone
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a girl called Ben Posted Jul 20, 2003
Only another 7 to go, and then every entry in the forum will have been commented on in the last 6 months...
B
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Bright Blue Shorts Posted Jul 20, 2003
So where do we go from here?
Just had a reread myself, felt a bit guilty about not crediting my original source of inspiration, added 3 new lines just before the end
I'll have a think about a rename ...
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J Posted Jul 21, 2003
We've finished commenting on the threads, so we're pretty happy. Well I only did a bit of it last night (Good job KJ and Ben)
I like the 3 lines added.
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A559749 - Advice for the Class of 2001 ...
- 1: Bright Blue Shorts (Aug 6, 2002)
- 2: Bright Blue Shorts (Oct 14, 2002)
- 3: Spiff (Oct 14, 2002)
- 4: Catwoman (Oct 14, 2002)
- 5: Martin Harper (Oct 16, 2002)
- 6: Martin Harper (Oct 16, 2002)
- 7: Bright Blue Shorts (Oct 18, 2002)
- 8: SomeMuppet (Jul 20, 2003)
- 9: a girl called Ben (Jul 20, 2003)
- 10: a girl called Ben (Jul 20, 2003)
- 11: SomeMuppet (Jul 20, 2003)
- 12: a girl called Ben (Jul 20, 2003)
- 13: Bright Blue Shorts (Jul 20, 2003)
- 14: J (Jul 21, 2003)
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