Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!tektronix!orca!hammer!andrew From: andrew@hammer.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.misc Subject: Free coffee contest, and Time magazine Message-ID: <2272@hammer.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Sep-86 10:48:58 EDT Article-I.D.: hammer.2272 Posted: Tue Sep 9 10:48:58 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Sep-86 09:56:40 EDT References: <290@sdchema.sdchem.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 24 Xref: watmath net.consumers:6265 net.misc:10118 [] "In the latest edition of Time magazine, there is an advertisement by Sanka wherein they announce a new contest. If you can tell them how many coffee beans (to within 50) are used, on average, to produce a 13 ounce can of ground Sanka, you win *12* cans of the stuff." I'd guess zero coffee beans per can of Sanka. And who would want twelve cans of the stuff? I can make a better cup of coffee using Linus Van Pelt's recipe for hot chocolate: dip a brown crayon in a cup of warm water. Is Time magazine including heavier ads in all their regional editions, or is it just my part of the country that is so cursed? Last week's issue had a cardboard fold-out three-dimensional image of the TransAmerica pyramid, and a stapled-in booklet. It was so bulky that I ripped out all the inserts before reading. The previous week was similar, with a multi-page stapled-in booklet for the IBM PC, printed on heavier stock. In both cases, after removing the advertising matter, there wasn't much magazine left. -=- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew) [UUCP] (tekecs!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA]