ah, the language of the bureaucracy, of the Control, & then how we
cannot but mis-recognize that use, as here: nicely done, Max.
Doug
On 16-May-07, at 3:55 AM, cooee wrote:
> I see my wife’s bank runs a
> ‘fulfilment centre’,
> ‘centralised’ in Sydney.
>
> She passes me their postage-paid
> envelope, silently
> expecting me to mail it.
>
> Dare I ask her what is in it?
> ‘Dear Fulfillers, I’m in
> Melbourne right now,
>
> very short of fulfilment.
> My husband doesn’t
> understand me, but
>
> I’m pretty sure
> you know all about me
> already. What say
>
> I pop over to you,
> next weekend, if it suits?
> Perhaps one night
>
> or maybe two will
> be enough. Your friend…
> p.s. I know others here
>
> in Melbourne unfulfilled.
> Do you have skilled staff
> who might relocate down here?’
>
> But I wouldn’t want
> them to feel decentred.
> Like us.
>
>
> Max Richards, Melbourne
>
> Wednesday 16 May 2007
>
>
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