On Thu, 27 Oct 2011, Fred Cisin wrote:
But, always select carefully to make sure that
you find newspapers whose
content will be offensive to the recipient. If shipping to Langley, go to
the international newsstand and get a few issues of Pravda. Hor Homeland
Security, get Al jazeara (sp?) materials. And pornography is always
welcom in certain states.
I remember a story about someone in IBM's packing department who was
learning Russian for some reason. When an order came up to go to the FBI
or CIA, he packed stuff with old copies of Pravda. That prompted a
little investigation.
From Ted Nelson's 1984 "Dream Machines/Computer Lib", so marginally
on-topic: