[lit-ideas] On the lighter (also crunchier) side

From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Anthro-L <ANTHRO-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 23:52:56 +0900

War? Famine? Political upheaval?

What could be the issue explored and exposed by the most-viewed story on
PilotOnline.com in 2006?

Washed-up Doritos.

Yes, almost 200,000 times viewers across the Internet found their way to a
page on PilotOnline.com bearing photos of a Hatteras Island beach littered
with bags of Cool Ranch, Nacho Cheese and Spicy Nacho Doritos, spilled from
a lost-at-sea shipping container.

Was it earth-shatteringly important? No. Did it change the course of human
history? Not that we know of. But - come on! - that's a heck of a lot of
beached Doritos.</block>

Read more about it at ="
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=116756&ran=237251";

John

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John McCreery
The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN
Tel. +81-45-314-9324
http://www.wordworks.jp/

[lit-ideas] On the lighter (also crunchier) side

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