Some of you may have observed a slight tendency toward exaggeration in
a few of my announcments.  Indeed, a few of you have even gone so far
as to suggest that I might have fabricated a few details.  No matter;
I forgive your faithlessness.  (By the way, we have Black Cherry IBC
again today -- no fooling!)

But today, in honor of April Fool's day, I present to you an
unembellished fool.  He appears in the following unedited,
unexaggerated -- that is to say, entirely non-fictional -- transcript.
The names have not even been changed to protect the guilty.  Every
character is preserved exactly as it was first typed!

The time: June, 1996.  The place: the Internet.  And now, with the
setting esablished, without further ado, I give you a slice of life
that I call...

"Conversation with a fool", or
"I just called to say I called you."

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Date: 27 Jun 1996 07:47:56 -0700
From: "A. Deitz" 
Subject: Start ups
To: "Jeremy Brown" 

  REGARDING           Start ups
Jeremy,

Let's get STARTED!  The IPO date is approaching.

Netscape, Yahoo, and who's next?

We have staffed their engineering departments.    Now we are retained to build
the engineering department of Wall Streets next gem.

	The Product: 
1) The crossroads of wireless communication and the internet
2) The switch that jumps the internet to a larger bandwidth
3) A tool that gives an Object Oriented capability to Relational Databases 
4) Building automated animated web pages



For further information please contact:
Andrew Deitz
 Interim Search Solutions
Phone: 415-788-7800  Fax: 415-788-7710
adeitz@ji.com



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Date: 6/27/96 10:33 AM
To: A. Deitz
From: Jeremy H. Brown
Who ARE you, and why are you sending this to me?

Jeremy

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Date: 27 Jun 1996 10:36:31 -0700
From: "A. Deitz" 
Subject: Re: Start ups
To: "Jeremy H. Brown" 

        Reply to:   RE>Start ups
I am part of a team that specializes in building the initial product development
department of pre IPO companies.  Over the past 27 years we have developed a retained
search practice with strong ties to the venture capital community and the
entrepreneurs of silicon valley.

To discuss further some of the solutions we provide for start ups please give me
a ring.

Andrew Deitz
 Interim Search Solutions
Phone: 415-788-7800  Fax: 415-788-7710
adeitz@ji.com


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Date: 6/27/96 12:41 PM
To: A. Deitz
From: Jeremy H. Brown
Okay, that answers half of my question: the who are you.  The question
now becomes, why are you sending me this mail?

Jeremy


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Date: 27 Jun 1996 14:03:03 -0700
From: "A. Deitz" 
Subject: Re: Start ups
To: "Jeremy H. Brown" 

        Reply to:   RE>Start ups
Because our research team has identified you as someone in the technology
industry that I should be talking to.  I also like learning how to use different
forms of communication to make "cold calls."  

Andrew Deitz
Date: 6/27/96 12:41 PM
To: A. Deitz
From: Jeremy H. Brown
Okay, that answers half of my question: the who are you.  The question
now becomes, why are you sending me this mail?

Jeremy

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From: jhbrown@ai.mit.edu (Jeremy H. Brown)
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 96 21:50:49 EDT
To: adeitz@ji.com
Subject: Start ups

I remain somewhat unclear.  Are you trying to:
- hire me
- sell me something
- get my permission to market my resume'
- some other thing?

Jeremy

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Date: 28 Jun 1996 08:35:03 -0700
From: "A. Deitz" 
Subject: Re: Start ups
To: "Jeremy H. Brown" 

        Reply to:   RE>Start ups
I am in the "some other thing" category.  


You are one of the many people I am contacting to introduce what my services
are, or to introduce the very specific needs of my clients.  In addition if
there is anyone that you think I should be speaking to about my services that
would be appreciated.

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At this point, a friend of mine got curious about what this guy was
all about, and made a phone call.  This is her transcript:

ISS: "Hello, Interim Search Solutions!"
Me: "What *is* Interim Search Solutions?"
ISS: "We're an Executive Placement Agence?"
Me: "Oh, a 'headhunter' firm."
ISS: "Exactly!"
Me: "Are you affiliated with Interim Personel, Inc.?"
ISS: "Yes we are."
Me: "So you're a permanent placement agency, while they handle the temps?"
ISS: "Interim Personel handles...well, temps [secretaries], while
        we place higher level executive positions."
Me: "How about techinical positions?"
ISS: "Oh, yes, high tech positions, too."

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Thus endeth the transcript.

But not the litany of fools.  No, indeed.  So if you've ever met a
fool, and want to vent about it, come tell us about the experience at
tonight's...

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