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- From: bsmith@crustacean.osf.org (Bruce Smith)
- Subject: Re: adonde red lobster
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.152644.2891@osf.org>
- Sender: news@osf.org (USENET News System)
- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- References: <107991@bu.edu> <lm0v5tINN2h9@news.bbn.com>
- Distribution: ne
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:26:44 GMT
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- In article <lm0v5tINN2h9@news.bbn.com> rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman) writes:
- >In article <107991@bu.edu>, babe@acs.bu.edu (Bond...James Bond) writes:
- >|> I just have one question. I'd be most grateful if someone can tell me
- >|> where the closest RED LOBSTER is to Boston. I see all these television
- >|> adds but have not been able to find one. Thanks in advance...
- >
- >Didn't we just do this last week? And about two months earlier too?
- >
- >I haven't see the TV commercial, but it must say "If you can't find
- >a Red Lobster near you, ask your nearest Internet host for
- >assistance."
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- The Red Lobster Request appeared recently in ne.general. Could this be some
- kind of net.prank? Now, it's fine with me if people want to eat at the place,
- but what I don't quite get is -- what's the big draw here? The power of
- advertising, perhaps? How about it, Red Lobster lovers, what's the deal?
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- Bruce Smith
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