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| Free Shrimp if Mars has H2O |
| 2004-01-16 |
| Seafood restaurant Long John Silver’s has made a whopper of a promise to Americans if NASA discovers an ocean on Mars. The restaurant chain has announced that if NASA discovers evidence of ocean water on Mars -- which is defined as one contiguous body of water covering a minimum of three percent of the surface of Mars, or 5 million square kilometers, whichever is greater -- on or before Feb. 29, the restaurant will provide one free giant shrimp (prawns to our friends overseas) to each American. One shrimp doesn’t sound like much, but a company insider says a giant shrimp is half a foot long. Giant shrimp....my favorite oxymoron! Company big-wigs are expecting they’ll have to make good on the offer because so many scientists around the world are convinced an ocean exists on the red planet. If the ocean is discovered, Long John Silver’s has selected March 15 as the day folks can collect their free shrimp. |
| Posted by:Desert Blondie |
| #9 Off-topic, but . . . . "Giant shrimp" is only the second-best oxymoron ever. In a recent post, The Man Without Qualities mentions the extinct species of the elephant family -- mastodons and mammoths --, including the hairy 6-foot pachyderm known as a dwarf mammoth. |
| Posted by: Dr. Weevil 2004-1-16 9:19:33 PM |
| #8 Aw hell... I'm build to close to the ground... the good ones are going over my head.... Huh? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-16 7:28:46 PM |
| #7 :-)))))) We are not even going to discuss how long it took that to sink in (no pun intended, of course) |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-1-16 5:21:51 PM |
| #6 Of course we all know that due to global warming all water has evaporated from Mars. Thus the reason we will not get shrimp is because BUUUUUUSH didn't sign Kyoto. :-) |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-1-16 5:18:20 PM |
| #5 Don't worry Michael Burger King's already planted the water. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-16 3:49:55 PM |
| #4 And based on that definition, the chances are absolutely zero. No shrimp for anybody. Sorry. |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-1-16 3:37:23 PM |
| #3 Brilliant Marketing. Get this guy working on naming the Wall. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-16 3:36:59 PM |
| #2 LOL,Jarhead |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-16 3:28:38 PM |
| #1 Aww, fer Gawd's sake, make it the 17th so I can enjoy it with me Guiness! |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-1-16 2:04:12 PM |