String-So-Soft?

[Susan Kline]

Ah, if only there were such a substance ... think of how
spinets would sound after being treated with it!

And, yes, the wonderful First of April is coming right up.
I wonder what crop of technical innovation this year will
bring?

Susan

> > Page 44 May 1996 PtJ.
> >
> > "this product,a mixture of fabric softener,naval jelly
> > and secret sauce,is guaranteed to soft strings......
> > those strings will be as mushy as catgut in no
> > time......"
> >
>
>Dear Baoli,
>I'm afraid you've been fooled by a hoax (an untrue story intended to
>fool the naive [kai1 wan2 xiao4])! The author assumed the readers knew
>that the information was placed on a "humor page". Sometimes living in a
>foreign land can be very confusing! You'll see lots of stories with
>similar hoaxes on our annual hoax day, April 1.
>
>Live and learn.
>
>Best wishes to you,
>
>Patrick Draine