Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] Nweek 71 Ballot

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 22, 2004, at 1.44 AM, Jake Eakle wrote:

> Because i feel compelled, like so many other forum-going morons, to 
> add my
> two cents to any discussion on the web, I will butt in with:
>
> > > And I would be totally fine if bubble wrap entirely disappeared 
> > > today.
> >
> > A reasonably cheap alternative to styrofoam squiggles? That comes with
> > a premade noisemaker, and that can occupy young children for hours?
> > Truly a wondrous thing this is.
>
> I cannot agree more. Bubble wrap is the epitome of all that is awesome 
> in
> the world. Like, when someone at school gets something wrapped in 
> bubble
> wrap, not only is the bubble wrap invariably more important than the 
> thing
> inside, but there are more arguments over sharing it than there are 
> over a
> box of cookies. And that's saying a lot.
>
> Aside from the incredible satisfaction of popping a single bubble, 
> (and the
> exponentially better, while exponentially more wasteful satisfaction of
> stomping on a whole bunch) there is also bubble wrap's incredible 
> ability to
> always have one more unpopped bubble even after you thought you popped 
> them
> all. It is a rare sheet of bubble wrap that has yielded less than three
> hidden bubbles, and if one is careful not to pop them in an orderly 
> manner
> at the beginning, as many as ten can be found.

OTOH, once popped, bubble wrap becomes a useless non-recyclable sheet 
of plastic... it doesn't even have the decency to stick to itself like 
plastic wrap.

There is also the joy of hiding small presents in large boxes of 
styrofoam bits to be considered.

--
Wonko

"How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?"
	-Charles De Gaulle

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