According to Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net>: >>https://clickamericana.com/media/advertisements/reach-out-reach-out-and- >>touch-someone-1979-1982

It was hard to miss if you lived in the US.

And you are older than 60 (which is less than 20% of Americans).

Here's a 1987 commercial that used it. That was 39 years ago so I
would expect 45 year olds to remember it which is more like 40% of us.

https://youtu.be/OapWdclVqEY

I think it's the origin of "reach out" in the bureaucratic jargon
sense. Back in the day we had snappy terms like "contact" or "call".





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On 2026-02-24, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

According to Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net>:

https://clickamericana.com/media/advertisements/reach-out-reach-out-and- >>> touch-someone-1979-1982

It was hard to miss if you lived in the US.

And you are older than 60 (which is less than 20% of Americans).

Here's a 1987 commercial that used it. That was 39 years ago so I
would expect 45 year olds to remember it which is more like 40% of us.

https://youtu.be/OapWdclVqEY

I think it's the origin of "reach out" in the bureaucratic jargon
sense. Back in the day we had snappy terms like "contact" or "call".

I _hate_ this modern usage of "reach out". Way too touchy-feely.
It's just one more of those ridiculous terms foisted off on us
by managers and marketroids. As a National Lampoon ad parody once
said: "I'm tired of saying what I mean. Help me learn Euphemism,
the language of evasion."

Seen in a Dilbert cartoon:

PHB: Could you reach out to Ted and touch base with him?
Dilbert: Could you restate that in normal English?
PHB: I could, but then it wouldn't sound like I'm managing you.

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Charlie Gibbs wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2026-02-24, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

According to Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net>:

https://clickamericana.com/media/advertisements/reach-out-reach-out-and- >>>> touch-someone-1979-1982

It was hard to miss if you lived in the US.

And you are older than 60 (which is less than 20% of Americans).

Here's a 1987 commercial that used it. That was 39 years ago so I
would expect 45 year olds to remember it which is more like 40% of us.

https://youtu.be/OapWdclVqEY

I think it's the origin of "reach out" in the bureaucratic jargon
sense. Back in the day we had snappy terms like "contact" or "call".

I _hate_ this modern usage of "reach out". Way too touchy-feely.
It's just one more of those ridiculous terms foisted off on us
by managers and marketroids. As a National Lampoon ad parody once
said: "I'm tired of saying what I mean. Help me learn Euphemism,
the language of evasion."

Seen in a Dilbert cartoon:

PHB: Could you reach out to Ted and touch base with him?
Dilbert: Could you restate that in normal English?
PHB: I could, but then it wouldn't sound like I'm managing you.

We can circle back to that later and get buy-off on a reach around.

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Curiously enough, an edition of the Encyclopaedia Galactica that
had the good fortune to fall through a time warp from a thousand years in
the future defined the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics
Corporation as 'a bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the
wall when the revolution came'.
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rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:37:55 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

We can circle back to that later and get buy-off on a reach around.

'The Briefing With Jen Psaki' will start on MSNBC in April if you just
can't get enough circling back. I wonder if Microsoft wishes they could have their MS back?

Ah, another sniff of misogyny. You seem to be put off by
intelligent women.

Anywho...

As of late 2025 and moving into 2026, the cable network
formerly known as MSNBC has rebranded as MS NOW and is owned
by Versant, a new independent, publicly traded company. This
move is part of a spinoff from Comcast/NBCUniversal, which
includes other networks like CNBC and the Golf Channel.

Owner: Versant (led by CEO Mark Lazarus).
New Name: MS NOW (My Source News Opinion World).

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rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:19:45 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:37:55 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

We can circle back to that later and get buy-off on a reach around.

'The Briefing With Jen Psaki' will start on MSNBC in April if you just
can't get enough circling back. I wonder if Microsoft wishes they
could have their MS back?

Ah, another sniff of misogyny. You seem to be put off by intelligent
women.

'Liberal' and 'intelligent' don't belong in the same sentence.

Ah, the kimono comes open.

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In article <10nph9h$1l943$4@dont-email.me>,
Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:37:55 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

We can circle back to that later and get buy-off on a reach around.

'The Briefing With Jen Psaki' will start on MSNBC in April if you just
can't get enough circling back. I wonder if Microsoft wishes they could
have their MS back?

Ah, another sniff of misogyny. You seem to be put off by
intelligent women.

Who? I didn't see any intelligent women referenced in the post.

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On 2/26/26 14:52, rbowman wrote:

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:19:45 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:37:55 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

We can circle back to that later and get buy-off on a reach around.

'The Briefing With Jen Psaki' will start on MSNBC in April if you just
can't get enough circling back. I wonder if Microsoft wishes they
could have their MS back?

Ah, another sniff of misogyny. You seem to be put off by intelligent
women.

'Liberal' and 'intelligent' don't belong in the same sentence.

You don't seem intelligent yourself.

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