Tanka Challenge - Day 20
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helwenOkay, changed my mind...
Curiously strong
and truly quite effective
Mints with character
Come in handy tin boxes
With lighthearted white papers.
***
I like Altoids, although they aren't for everyone, as they are strong. Peppermint is most popular in this area, but I saw online that they're made in Spearmint as well, for those with that preference. They're tasty, effective, and come in a tin box that can be used for other things once you've run out of mints.
There's a white paper inside the box, sort of a loose protective wrapper. They used to be plain, but now they have different messages on them, like "Wave This In Case of Surrender", or "Enter At Your Own Risk". I noticed today that the center of the wrapper for this second message (what would be under the mints), it says "Time to buy more Altoids. And some tongue insurance." I don't know if the first message has something similar because that box still has mints in it.
Then there's a third message paper, but it's a little more complex than the other two. At one end of the rectangle of paper it says:
Curiously Strong Fact:
Altoids were first produced in 1780, 189 years before man walked on the moon. Coincidence?
Then in the center of the paper it give instructions on how to fold the paper up to create and "Old Timey" mustache, with a suggestion to "Sport it to your next shindig and upload your pics to facebook.com/altoids....
The folks at this company do seem to have a good time ;)
Curiously strong
and truly quite effective
Mints with character
Come in handy tin boxes
With lighthearted white papers.
***
I like Altoids, although they aren't for everyone, as they are strong. Peppermint is most popular in this area, but I saw online that they're made in Spearmint as well, for those with that preference. They're tasty, effective, and come in a tin box that can be used for other things once you've run out of mints.
There's a white paper inside the box, sort of a loose protective wrapper. They used to be plain, but now they have different messages on them, like "Wave This In Case of Surrender", or "Enter At Your Own Risk". I noticed today that the center of the wrapper for this second message (what would be under the mints), it says "Time to buy more Altoids. And some tongue insurance." I don't know if the first message has something similar because that box still has mints in it.
Then there's a third message paper, but it's a little more complex than the other two. At one end of the rectangle of paper it says:
Altoids were first produced in 1780, 189 years before man walked on the moon. Coincidence?
Then in the center of the paper it give instructions on how to fold the paper up to create and "Old Timey" mustache, with a suggestion to "Sport it to your next shindig and upload your pics to facebook.com/altoids....
The folks at this company do seem to have a good time ;)
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that reminds me
Date: 2012-11-21 02:06 pm (UTC)Re: that reminds me
Date: 2012-11-21 03:22 pm (UTC)Re: that reminds me
Date: 2012-11-21 03:55 pm (UTC)Re: that reminds me
Date: 2012-11-21 06:20 pm (UTC)*sigh*
Hm, silly I suppose, but I could always mail you some tins... or see who we have in common as friends and arrange SCA mail, since you and I don't see each other in person often. I have them to spare!
Re: that reminds me
Date: 2012-11-21 06:58 pm (UTC)Re: that reminds me
Date: 2012-11-23 05:10 am (UTC)Oh, I did cover one with Sculpy and made it look like a fancy Book of Hours cover once, with fake jewels and everything, and then put an accordion-style book inside with the prayer of St. Francis. My RC SIL loved it :)