SPAM-MED: Re: Time to upgrade my technique...

[J. Landman Gay]

Richard Gaskin wrote:
> J. Landman Gay wrote:
>  > Richard, you wrote a great explanation of this on the list some
>  > time ago. I wonder if you still have it. Something about moving
>  > things around in the janitor's closet every time you needed to
>  > get the cleaning fluid or something.
> 
> Of all the metaphors I've ever written, I felt that was one of the few 
> accurate ones.  But you're the only person who remembers it at all.

Who knows, maybe everyone remembers it and wishes they didn't. :) It 
makes me feel guilty every time I have to use a field.

> 
> 1. PROPERTY: This bucket is on the floor right in front of you.
> 
> 2. FIELD: This bucket is in a room down the hall and around the corner, 
> turn left, then go through the first door, turn right, go through the
> double-doors, then take the hall on the left to the staircase, go 
> downstairs, and on your right you'll find a storage bin -- the bucket is
> in the bin, behind a mop...

That was it. Even though I have never played around with the Mac 
toolbox, I still think it's funny. And spooky accurate.

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