Take a Letter 2

Called out of town, an executive for a parts company dictated an e-mail to Allis-Chalmers (an equipment company) in Milwaukee saying that he'd be unable to keep their appointment on Friday.

Upon his return, he found a print-out of the message on his desk:

"Dear Alice,

I'm off to Texas and afraid I can't keep our date..."

He immediately telephoned the purchasing agent and said, "I should like to explain my e-mail."

The agent said, "Explain it ??? It's been on the bulletin board for a week."