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   Anton Shepelev to Ardith Hinton   
   Jokes of the season   
   09 Jan 22 20:43:28   
   
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   Ardith Hinton to Anton Shepelev:   
      
   AS>> Considerate treatment of message text is one of the key   
   AS>> requirements  in  GNKSA -- Good  Netkeeping   Seal   of   
   AS>> Approval.   
   AH> I interpreted this comment as a joke.   
      
   Now, I meant it in earnest:   
      
      https://web.archive.org/web/20160417105503/http://www.gnksa.org/gnksa.txt   
      
   AH> There's  an  American  magazine called GOOD HOUSEKEEPING   
   AH> which reports on testing of common  household  items  by   
   AH> the  Good  Housekeeping Institute, and manufacturers who   
   AH> have earned their "Seal of Approval" for any  such  item   
   AH> generally display it on the product.   
      
   Whence the inspiration for GNKSA.   
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