>  NB> Some of us are much better inured to the blandishments of
 >  NB> salespersonnel
 > 
 >  MR> Hey, Hey, Hey!!! use words that us intelligent imbeciles can
 >  MR> understand too! 8-)
 > 
 > Hmmm... I thought those should be understandable...   How about:
 > Hardened to the sweet-talkin' sales ploys...  ?

Now Nancy, 'he's a simple fellow. You need to keep to 3 syllables. 
Intelligent has 4 but he made that leap.  It was probably the 4 in
salespersonnel he tripped over.  He'll catch ya clean if you put it as sales
personnel.

            xxcarol
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