My wife found (somehow) a bar of soap that has more than a
passing relationship to our beloved hp3000.  Here are some
of the printed notes on the bar's wrapper, with my comments
indented a couple of spaces.

Provence Sante.

  I wrote "Sante" without the accent, for Stan Sieler's sake ;-)

Pour les hommes -- for men.

Savon Vegetal -- Pure Vegetable Soap.

  Why did the English translators feel they had to add
  the qualifier "pure"?

Verlaine -- Vervail & Linden.

Triple milled with flecks of seaweed for a smooth wash.

  Note: This "Triple milled" expression brought back memories
  of our beloved "three thousand" -- indirectly, through
  various linguistic transformations.

A mildly erotic and definitely poetic fragrance favored by
everyone from construction workers to interior decorators.

  Note: This "wide-appeal spectrum" brought back images
  of the tremendous breadth of applications that have
  thrived on the hp3000.

Usage: Unwrap. Add water. Lather. Place on well-drained
dish. Rinse. (Don't over do it.)

  HP "hp3000 marketing" certainly subscribed to this belief:
  "Don't over do it" ;-)


Cleanly yours,

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 |            r  |  Alfredo                  http://www.adager.com
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 |        g      |  F. Alfredo Rego
 |      a        |  Manager, R & D Labs
 |    d          |  Adager Corporation
 |  A            |  Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000            U.S.A.
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