marcos@sdchem.UUCP (David A. Pearlman) (09/08/86)
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.
There is no limit on the number of entries you can submit. Limit one
winning entry per household/family. There are no purchase requirements.
Does anyone out there in net-land have any good guesses they'd like
to share with the rest of us?
Entries should be sent to:
"Spill the Beans" Contest
P.O. Box 5317
Kankakee, IL 60902
Enter as often as you want. Guess must be printed on a 3 x 5 inch card and
sent by first class mail to the above address. Contest ends February 28,1987.
Typical restrictions (no employees of General Foods, etc.) apply.
David ("Dr. DAP") Pearlmanalang@masscomp.UUCP (Alan Groupe) (09/11/86)
Why not buy a couple of ounces of whole been coffee and count how many beans you get. Then just bracket this answer by +- 50 and 100.
king@kestrel.ARPA (Dick King) (09/16/86)
From: marcos@sdchem.UUCP (David A. Pearlman)
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.misc
Date: 8 Sep 86 17:07:30 GMT
Reply-To: marcos@sdchem.UUCP (David A. Pearlman)
Keywords: Just answer a simple (?) question correctly & U win!
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.
There is no limit on the number of entries you can submit. Limit one
winning entry per household/family. There are no purchase requirements.
Does anyone out there in net-land have any good guesses they'd like
to share with the rest of us?
Entries should be sent to:
"Spill the Beans" Contest
P.O. Box 5317
Kankakee, IL 60902
Enter as often as you want. Guess must be printed on a 3 x 5 inch card and
sent by first class mail to the above address. Contest ends February 28,1987.
Typical restrictions (no employees of General Foods, etc.) apply.
David ("Dr. DAP") Pearlman
I don't drink coffee, so I won't bother, but how hard would it be to
count 1/2 ounce of beans and multiply by 26? Am I missing something?
-dickjin@hropus.UUCP (Jerry Natowitz) (09/16/86)
> I don't drink coffee, so I won't bother, but how hard would it be to > count 1/2 ounce of beans and multiply by 26? Am I missing something? > > -dick Coffee beans vary greatly in their weight dependent on the variety of the bean and how it was roasted. -- Jerry Natowitz (HASA - A division) Bell Labs HR 2A-214 201-615-5178 (no CORNET) ihnp4!houxm!hropus!jin or ihnp4!opus!jin Isn't it interesting how the beautiful little red flower in the forest becomes so ugly when you discover it's a candy wrapper.