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GopherGal

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7. His Out-of-Office Message...

Reply to GopherGal (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 12:04 PM

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I know I'm replying to myself, but I was just too tickled by this not to share...

https://fortune.com/2026/02/11/who-is-rich-ruohonen-oldest-olympian-curling-54-year-old-lawyer/]

Before he departed for Italy, the Journal reported, Ruohonen set up an automatic email reply to clients and lawyers alike. “I am out of the office,” he wrote, “playing in the Olympics.”

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