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Is this along the lines of 2001: A Space Odyssey? ... I'm really missing the jokes today |
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That would simply be awesome. Would Clarke or Kubrick get royalties? |
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Kind of missed your marketing window for this by about 3 years. |
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How about one of those little piezo sound widgets like in musical greeting cards, that plays Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" when you open the box? |
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Oh my god... It's full of stars... |
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'Bone. Sorry, but I like to read the box. |
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Speaking of bones, you know what would make a neat prize... |
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2001: A Frosted Corn Odyssey. |
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I'm having a disturbingly easy time imagining "Also Sprach Zarathustra" played by a little piezo sound widget. |
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It's not exactly...dramatic. |
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But it should have a sensor to determine if you're sticking your hand in to dig for the prize inside, so it can say "What are you doing, Dave?" |
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I suppose I should watch that movie some day. |
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The cereal should be blue. |
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I strongly suggest you watch it before the year's over, half. |
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[half] If you like Pink Floyd, watch the last 23 minutes of the movie while playing the song "Echoes" from the album "Meddle" for an interesting alternate soundtrack. |
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It should look pretty in the bowl but take hours to chew over and taste of almost nothing at all. |
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[phoenix] There are, I think,
regulations that you have to put a
list of ingredients and some
nutritional information on the box.
So the box would probably have to
have one side reserved for this
(and quotes from the film, a
Stanley Kubrick biog, a crossword,
etc.) and so only look like a black
obelisk from certain angles. |
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Don't think you could get away with the nutritional information embossed on the side, then? |
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//list of ingredients//
They're there, just written in black ink on a black background, like in Hitchhiker's Guide. |
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Actually, you could still read the
box if you pasted the information
on the box in a way that I could
peel off should you feel so
inclined. Much like the Tom's Of
Maine products. + |
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Tom of Finland, [sartep]? - Oh,
sorry, you said Maine... |
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And when you unwrap that box it is going to emit a piercing whistle. |
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buy one, get a free set of bone drums. |
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Rods, that anno had me - just a moment. |
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The cereal should come in a perfectly black box (in a 1:4:9 ratio) that's impossible to get into.
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Interesting idea...once a sufficient number of cereal boxes has been produced, they will autonomously begin to converge on the largest concentration of cereal boxes, which is sure to be a Super Wal-Mart somewhere. They will form a structure of increasing density which, upon reaching critical mass, will undergo a spontaneous fusion reaction, forming a new sun. Around the world, people will gaze in wonder at the perpetual dawn on the horizon, put away their petty differences, and unite under a new creed of production and commerce. And for weeks following the event, every television and computer monitor will project the indelible words, "All of these aisles are yours to explore, save aisle 7. Attempt no shopping there." |
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No...wait...that would have to be the cereal "2010." |
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"Open the cupboard doors, HAL." |
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"I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that." |
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The only thing that we know for sure is that toy surprise was deliberately buried. |
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You could hide the nutritional information behind one of those fake panels like they have on some video game boxes. When it's closed, it's just a black box. Open it up, there's the nutritional information, plus a good fifteen minutes of pointless special effects that make your face change colors every time you blink. |
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Don't watch the movie; read the book. It actually makes a bit of sense at the end. |
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This cereal should come with a spoon shaped like an animal bone. |
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This deserves a fresh look, especially since I have a new found interest in ideas of brevity. And also [Cedar Park]'s anno is great. |
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[hippo], do you remember how this was doing back before the crash? |
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See link - somewhere around (+22, -4), or a net vote of +18, or a NVPW score (Net Votes Per Word) of 2.25 (if hyphenated words count as single words). |
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NVPW score? I like it. Hereby adopted... |
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Although people willbe hyphenating until the cows come-home when this takes-off... |
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Don't forget tasty marshmallow treats in the shape of floating space fetuses. |
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[hippo], I think title and sub heading should be included in the NVPW. However, this gives the Evil Laugh Activated Hand Dryer an astonishing +4.172. It will be tough to find better... |
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Hello Dave, your my wife now Dave. |
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It never ceases to amaze me, the ideas that have been around for years in this place and I never saw. [+] |
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hippo, if it were Tom of Finland, that niche is already occupied by Kellogg's Corn Flakes, which graphically features a huge cock on the front.
-- Rods Tiger, Dec 20 2003 |
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This was the annotation which "almost had me for a moment" back there in '03. |
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Ideas and annotations should never be parted ... |
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needs black or dark-blue milk. |
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Some specially marked packs could contain a moose jaw. |
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It's amazing how much creativity comes out of fictitious cereals. I found out the other day that the Ozric Tentacles came op with their name while inventing breakfast cereals. |
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Brilliant - the last time I met anyone who knew 'The Tentacles' was back in the 90's! Awesome band. |
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[waugsqueke]'s //The cereal should be blue// deserves to
be churned. |
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//you have to put a list of ingredients and some nutritional
information on the box// The answer, as so often, is to be
found in the writings of Douglas Adams. It should be printed
in black, on a black background. Edit: Ah, [krelnik] was there
before me. |
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A [+] for this one and its marvellous discussion |
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How about obelisk shaped with this on the back to
keep you company during breakfast: (link) |
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If this was healthy and did not pollute, I would buy this! Because the box is soo cool you couldn't throw it away. Get reasonable refills from bulk too. |
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The mascot would be a little bushbaby. Or maybe a bone-wielding chimp? |
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