Got M-I-L...?
Sep. 9th, 2004 01:53 pm*pointless anecdote warning*
So I was eating some Oreos when I actually -look- at a cookie that felt weird (in a braille-sort of way): instead of the age-old logo, there is a large, bas-relief "L". Hmmm. I look at the package: "Win $$$ if you spell "MILK"! I save the cookie. Over the next couple of days, I find "M" and "I". I'm vaguely horrified that I've eaten the all-valuable "K" (I was 3/4 through the package when I found that first "L"). Yet, now that all I have left are the letter cookies, I can't bring myself to eat them (hope blooms eternal). I really want them now, too. So I go online and manage to find more details and in TEENY print, they mention that winning packages will spell MILK *and* have a winning certificate enclosed win. D'oh! So I ate the cookies and shook my fist in rage at Nabisco for their stupid contest and empty calories. The end.
So I was eating some Oreos when I actually -look- at a cookie that felt weird (in a braille-sort of way): instead of the age-old logo, there is a large, bas-relief "L". Hmmm. I look at the package: "Win $$$ if you spell "MILK"! I save the cookie. Over the next couple of days, I find "M" and "I". I'm vaguely horrified that I've eaten the all-valuable "K" (I was 3/4 through the package when I found that first "L"). Yet, now that all I have left are the letter cookies, I can't bring myself to eat them (hope blooms eternal). I really want them now, too. So I go online and manage to find more details and in TEENY print, they mention that winning packages will spell MILK *and* have a winning certificate enclosed win. D'oh! So I ate the cookies and shook my fist in rage at Nabisco for their stupid contest and empty calories. The end.
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Date: 2004-09-09 03:01 pm (UTC)bummer
Date: 2004-09-09 03:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-09 03:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-09 03:56 pm (UTC)And sugar! SUGAR
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Date: 2004-09-09 05:07 pm (UTC)You need the letters P-A-S-T-E-U-R-I-Z-E-D and H-O-M-O-G-E-N-I-Z-E-D...
Mmm.. food Scrabble!
Harrumph!
Date: 2004-09-09 05:36 pm (UTC)*pointless reply to pointless anecdote*
Date: 2004-09-09 07:10 pm (UTC)One night, out of curiosity, I looked at all the packages on the shelf.... they all had EXACTLY the same code.
Guess no one from that shipment was a grand prize winner.
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Date: 2004-09-10 12:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-10 12:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-10 12:24 am (UTC)Re: *pointless reply to pointless anecdote*
Date: 2004-09-10 12:26 am (UTC)Win-win
Date: 2004-09-10 12:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-10 12:29 am (UTC)Re: Win-win
Date: 2004-09-10 12:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-12 03:39 am (UTC)I'll have to peek at the next ones I find!
What's the $ prize? :D
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Date: 2004-09-12 03:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-12 10:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-13 12:31 am (UTC)"American Justice: When Keebler Elves go Wrong."