Dear Scott,

Just a quick report about the success of the joke I played
on the faculty of Los Gatos High School (SF Bay Area).
The idea came from your newsletter which suggested
"converting" a copier to voice activation. The faculty
copiers already have electronic boxes which require a
password to be entered. I decided to convert one to voice
activation. On 4/1/97 I attached to the copier in the faculty
workroom a cheap microphone and a label with the
following instructions: This copier control is now voice
activated. Please state your name and department in a
loud, clear voice into the microphone. Almost every
teacher that used the copier fell for it. Some even
returned later in the day to see if it was working yet. It will
be hard to top this one in the future, thanks for the great
idea.

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