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	<title>Comments on: Long Messages</title>
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	<description>the randomness of a distracted existential tour guide.</description>
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		<title>By: MikeS</title>
		<link>http://grantenglish.com/archives/2007/01/26/long-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-18022</link>
		<dc:creator>MikeS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>tell me what you want and where to reach you, otherwise you&#039;re getting cut off and I&#039;ll call you back.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>tell me what you want and where to reach you, otherwise you&#8217;re getting cut off and I&#8217;ll call you back.</p>
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		<title>By: kris-k</title>
		<link>http://grantenglish.com/archives/2007/01/26/long-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-17968</link>
		<dc:creator>kris-k</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>if a long message can eliminate the need for a LOOOOONG conversation, i&#039;m all for it. if i can listen, compile my response and leave it in a message rather than spend wasted time on chit/chat - then i&#039;m fine with it.

if, on the other hand, it is just mindless rambling, then yeah ... male or female, it&#039;s just a waste of good air time. 

i think it is always a tricky business to gender-type behaviors. but that&#039;s just me and i&#039;m a woman, so there it is ......

ok. i&#039;m really just trying to leave the longest blog comment. how am i doin?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>if a long message can eliminate the need for a LOOOOONG conversation, i&#8217;m all for it. if i can listen, compile my response and leave it in a message rather than spend wasted time on chit/chat &#8211; then i&#8217;m fine with it.</p>
<p>if, on the other hand, it is just mindless rambling, then yeah &#8230; male or female, it&#8217;s just a waste of good air time. </p>
<p>i think it is always a tricky business to gender-type behaviors. but that&#8217;s just me and i&#8217;m a woman, so there it is &#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>ok. i&#8217;m really just trying to leave the longest blog comment. how am i doin?</p>
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		<title>By: Grant</title>
		<link>http://grantenglish.com/archives/2007/01/26/long-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-17958</link>
		<dc:creator>Grant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jill - your boss talks alot.  I can see the potential for an extremely long message with him.

Kayla - we love you dearly.  But we don&#039;t always listen to the entire message.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jill &#8211; your boss talks alot.  I can see the potential for an extremely long message with him.</p>
<p>Kayla &#8211; we love you dearly.  But we don&#8217;t always listen to the entire message.</p>
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		<title>By: jill</title>
		<link>http://grantenglish.com/archives/2007/01/26/long-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-17938</link>
		<dc:creator>jill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ok...here&#039;s my two cents.  i beg to differ that it&#039;s only men - i have a father and brother and a boss (who you know) who are VERY good at leaving long messages...and me too.  it has to do with processing thoughts as you&#039;re talking.  yes, it might be better if we shortened and said, &#039;gimme a call&#039;, but then no one would mock us for it!  

so no...it&#039;s not only women.  just so you know.

(i think that fell into the &#039;long comment&#039; criteria...?)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ok&#8230;here&#8217;s my two cents.  i beg to differ that it&#8217;s only men &#8211; i have a father and brother and a boss (who you know) who are VERY good at leaving long messages&#8230;and me too.  it has to do with processing thoughts as you&#8217;re talking.  yes, it might be better if we shortened and said, &#8216;gimme a call&#8217;, but then no one would mock us for it!  </p>
<p>so no&#8230;it&#8217;s not only women.  just so you know.</p>
<p>(i think that fell into the &#8216;long comment&#8217; criteria&#8230;?)</p>
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		<title>By: Kayla</title>
		<link>http://grantenglish.com/archives/2007/01/26/long-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-17937</link>
		<dc:creator>Kayla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love leaving long messages...sometimes I leave messages in the form of song.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love leaving long messages&#8230;sometimes I leave messages in the form of song.</p>
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