[rec.humor] Popcorn for Peanuts

rvireday@pldote.intel.com (~Richard Vireday) (10/19/89)

I just ordered a piece of software from Set Laboratories in Portland.
Imagine my surprise to open it and find the following note.

	"Due to our concern for the environment, you will notice we have
replaced our former packing material (styrofoam peanuts) with a more
biodegradeable material (popcorn!). ...

	Please note that this packing material *is not intended for
human consumption.* (but is popped fresh daily!).  Thanks."


Let's give a big hand to these people!

--Richard Vireday

PS.  It smelled good (but needed salt).

dts@quad.uucp (David T. Sandberg) (10/20/89)

In article <63@pldote.intel.com> rvireday@pldote.UUCP (Richard Vireday) writes:
:	"Due to our concern for the environment, you will notice we have
:replaced our former packing material (styrofoam peanuts) with a more
:biodegradeable material (popcorn!). ...
:
:PS.  It smelled good (but needed salt).

I do hope it wasn't buttered.  ;')

-- 
                                  David Sandberg - Quadric Systems
 "I began neglecting my shoes."   PSEUDO: dts@quad.uucp
                                  ACTUAL: ..uunet!rosevax!sialis!quad!dts

josh@cditi.UUCP (Josh Muskovitz) (10/24/89)

In article <63@pldote.intel.com> rvireday@pldote.UUCP (Richard Vireday) writes:
:	"Due to our concern for the environment, you will notice we have
:replaced our former packing material (styrofoam peanuts) with a more
:biodegradeable material (popcorn!). ...
:
:PS.  It smelled good (but needed salt).

I talked with my local packaging expert (not really, but he does use a LOT of
styro...), and we figured that going to the store, buying bulk popcorn, and
popping it with an air popper would still be cheaper (even considering the
amount of power to pop it) than buying styrofoam peanuts.

I hope more people start using this technique!  Besides, it gives your employ-
ees a healthy snack whenever they want!

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(_) (tm)  josh@uunet!cditi   /  Veni, VD, Vici -- He came, he saw, he cankered.
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lance@belltec.UUCP (Lance Norskog) (10/24/89)

And, you can take it home and mulch your garden with it!

If you ask me, this is the only valid use of those bags of prepopped corn
you see in the stores anyway.
-- 
Lance C Norskog
Sales Engineer, Streamlined Networks
thinman@cup.portal.com: 415-659-1450