Along with directing lost tourists to gay bars, one of the best time-killers
in New York is to play "Find the Oldest Thing in the Store." An advertising
coworker taught me how to play back in 1994:
- Go to a bodega that derives 95% of its sales from cigarettes and beer
- Find cans and boxes of food no one buys, like Cream of Sum Yung Gai
soup and powdered breast milk
- Find the copyright date on the package
- A good find ranges between 3-5 years old
It's a game that's simultaneously disgusting and entertaining. Kinda like
watching "The Anna Nicole Show" or the latest Mets free-agent signing seeing his career implode.
Nothing I ever found could hold a candle to The World's
Oldest Bottles of Salad Dressing, however. The label on the Russian
Creamy Dressing from Seven Seas reads, "best when purchased before March 17,
1976." Shows you what they know. The label on the other bottle — like many of your 401(k) accounts — has disintegrated.
It's at times like this that I celebrate the Internet for all its
randomness, and the police department for being nearby should I discover
that people who keep 27-year-old bottles of salad dressing live close to me.
(Thanks to Joe for the
link.)
Other Web Finds:
The Modified
Librarian — Your normal, average, everyday portal to the discussion
of body modification in the context of librarianship. Real librarians, real
piercings, real tattoos. Real scary. (Thanks, Kevin)
Top Five PCs for Under $900 — PC World suggests some
cost-effective options for those looking to
upgrade their porn addiction. Allow me to suggest a refurbished HP.
Mine runs great.
The World's Strangest Phobias — Did you know
that there are terms for fears of flutes, sunshine and sermons? I have a
fear of people with such fears.
Mandarin
Design Daily Blog — Quick and valuable web design tips and tricks
on a daily basis. (Found on J-Mo)
Maxim's Found Porn — The magazine's amazing
discoveries section gets reproduced online. Know where else you can find
porn? On your hard drive.
meg always has some great tips over on manadarin, and she has just recently started to curse with reckless abandon....maybe she'll make you your own icon. :-)
and, i'm too afraid to open the librarian link...i have a phobia of librarians with tattoos and piercings....
Posted by jen at January 20, 2003 10:54 AM