mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) (09/21/89)
About 10 years ago, as an undergrad, someone told me he saw an ad in SCIENCE for a laboratory osterizer (i.e. a machine like a blender) which showed a beaker of liquid and the caption "30 seconds ago this was a mouse". I tried to find the ad, but no luck. I did find an ad which seemed to fit part of the description. It was an ad for osterizers from Brinkman-Stromberg which showed the device, a beaker of liquid, and mentioned the possible applications for the unit, which included "even a whole mouse". If they ever used the wording I was told, that would be a pretty unforgettable ad. I'm wondering whether anyone on the net remembers seeing the ad with this wording.
BCHS1B@jane.uh.edu (09/23/89)
In article <22342@cup.portal.com>, mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes: > About 10 years ago, as an undergrad, someone told me he saw an ad in SCIENCE > for a laboratory osterizer (i.e. a machine like a blender) which showed > a beaker of liquid and the caption "30 seconds ago this was a mouse". > > I tried to find the ad, but no luck. I did find an ad which seemed to fit > part of the description. It was an ad for osterizers from Brinkman-Stromberg > which showed the device, a beaker of liquid, and mentioned the possible > applications for the unit, which included "even a whole mouse". > > If they ever used the wording I was told, that would be a pretty > unforgettable ad. I'm wondering whether anyone on the net remembers > seeing the ad with this wording. I clearly remember seeing the ad and the caption listed above. I am fairly sure it would have been in science. As to when it ran I am not very certain, but I would guess late 70's or very early 80's also. I remember seeing it while I was in grad school. Mike Benedik Department of Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences University of Houston