The standards for Who's Who are really slipping.

leftyclimber

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Tue Aug-12-08 06:13 PM
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The standards for Who's Who are really slipping.

They just invited ME.

It must be based on the facts that I am a 36-year-old graduate student with a two-page CV consisting of the one publication I have in review and the two classes I've TAed.

Otherwise everyone else in Morgantown just REALLY sucks that bad.

:rofl:

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XemaSab

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Thu Aug-14-08 05:09 PM
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1. Congratulations!

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Redstone

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Thu Aug-14-08 05:11 PM
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2. Uh, there are about eight hundred pubs titled "Who's Who" out there, and all of them

but one are vanity publications...they make their money by sending invitations for a listing to thousands of people, then selling copies of the finished book to the people who respond. The only qaalification for getting listed is to reply to the mailing.

It's a BIG racket.

Redstone

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Kutjara

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Thu Aug-14-08 05:32 PM
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4. Yep. I've been approached countless times by these characters.

Edited on Thu Aug-14-08 05:33 PM by Kutjara

Usually, they call me at the office and then lavish praise an inch thick about what a "major player in the <your industry here>" I am, and how it would be "fitting recognition of your many accomplishments as a <your job title here>, to be included in this prestigious publication." After about five minutes of such flummery, I'm then invited to "reserve copies for your friends, family, and colleagues" at a special "honoree's rate" of about $100 a copy. Of course, the only copies of these books that would ever be printed are the ones I myself buy.

I'm thinking of starting a publication called "Who's Nobody?". I think it could be huge.

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Redstone

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Fri Aug-15-08 03:07 PM
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5. I get all the invitations by mail these days, but I do remember getting those calls

when I was in the electronics business, and therefore more visible to the telemarketers...

"Who's Nobody?" I like that. Sign me up for a listing; it should be fascinating reading.

Redstone

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arcadian

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Thu Aug-14-08 05:23 PM
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3. Get back to me when you've made it into "The Green Book"

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