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To: capitalistbeatnik who started this subject	8/16/2000 8:41:56 AM
From: opalapril	Read Replies (4) of 17683

News Flash: Faber Disease Strikes Again Occasional viewers of CNBC today were saddened to see that CNBC's Martha MacCallum has become the latest victim to be struck down by the dread "David Faber Disease." Faber Disease, which has reached epidemic proportions among CNBC reporters, also is known to medical science as "Chronic Repetitive As-Well Sycophant Syndrome (CRASS)." Once infected, diseased reporters find themselves constantly using the hackneyed phrase "as well" in place of the more proper "too" and "also." Perhaps the most severely afflicted victim besides Faber himself is Maria Bartiromo. Recently, she set a world CRASS record from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange by using the phrase "as well" seven times in a single sentence, ending with the memorable phrase, "as well, they said as well, that as well they expected to make their numbers next quarter as well." The insidious Faber disease, which is fatal to good English, is thought to be caused by some bizarre brain dysfunction which causes the helpless victim to fantasize that repeatedly saying "as well" somehow makes them sound smarter than they are. There is no known cure.

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