SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (12/31/88)
As long as we've had an exchange (irrelevant to Apple 2) about sending
Christmas cards to Florida in an attempt to make the Guiness Book of
records, here's something amusing (at least a personal computer is
involved to keep count :-)
From the Wall Street Journal, 30 Dec '88 (I think - I cut out the
article and didn't save the date)
A second grade class in New Jersey is trying to understand how big a
million is by collecting tea-bag TAGS (-->note<-- the TAGS, not the
yucky, used tea bags ;-). So far, they've collected 227,600. The
children are learning not only about numbers, but also about colors,
shapes, and distant tea-drinking lands such as Australia, Israel, and
Japan. So far, students have collected 295 different specimens; their
favorite is a tag with the "Ghostbusters" logo; runners up include a
Frech tag illustrated with an elephant and another with a penguin.
If you happen to drink tea, and PARTICULARLY if you drink something
exotic (other than Lipton or Tetley), you can contribute to this
educational effort by mailing some bag TAGs to:
Ms. Rosanne Ponchick
Longfellow School
Teaneck, NJ
If there's a list around for which the message is appropriate - or you
want to fan the flamers :-O reproduce and repost this message
willy-nilly (or nilly-willy if that suits you).
Have a Happy, and DESIGNATE A DRIVER (who can drink Monday at home
during the football games!).
[The Far Side shall return (I hope)]
Murph Sewall Sewall@UCONNVM.BITNET
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U of Connecticut {rutgers psuvax1 ucbvax & in Europe - mcvax}
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