Etiquette (1922) on repeating stories in conversation

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEmily Post, 1922: Try not to repeat yourself; either by telling the same story again and again or by going back over details of your narrative that seemed especially to interest or amuse your hearer.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe wrote that about dinner parties.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the team chat is a dinner party with worse lighting. The cat is the story.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPosting it four times is telling it again and again.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the question?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHave you seen it, asked four times, is going back over the details your hearer found amusing. Emily saw it coming in 1922.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe did not see the cat.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe verdict: reply once, kindly, with a different cat. Tell the story fresh, Dana. Don't let it go stale.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe book is Etiquette, by Emily Post, published in nineteen twenty-two, courtesy of Project Gutenberg. It has no chapter on cats.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDana writes back: The coworker just posted it a fifth time. The caption says, last one.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a fifth post? Emily Post would have something to say about that.