<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3017.1000" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=813343822-25012002>I appreciate this.  I was in a supermarket shortly after Christmas</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=813343822-25012002>and saw a pile of toys on sale.  One of them was a typical GI Joe</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=813343822-25012002>type character, grim-faced and armed to the max.  Except the name</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=813343822-25012002>on the box </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=813343822-25012002>was not GI Joe.  It was  "World Peacekeeper".</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=813343822-25012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=813343822-25012002>mbs</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=813343822-25012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=813343822-25012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-lbo-talk@lists.panix.com [mailto:owner-lbo-talk@lists.panix.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Charlie Herbert<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 25, 2002 5:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> lbo-talk@lists.panix.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> "first aid" and "food"<BR><BR></DIV></FONT><A name=9002762></A> <P class=posts><B>Let's make a support drop with "first aid" and "food"</B><BR> <P class=posts> <DIV align=center class=posts><BR><IMG border=0 height=525 src="http://www.thismodernworld.com/weblog/images/barbie.jpg" width=288 NOSEND="1"> <P></P></DIV> <DIV class=posts><BR>I just thought you should know that this exists.<BR><BR><SPAN class=byline><FONT color=#999999>posted by Tom Tomorrow at 9:46 AM</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=posts><SPAN class=byline><FONT color=#999999></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=posts><SPAN class=byline><FONT size=+0><FONT color=black>I pulled the above from TT's </FONT><A href="http://www.thismodernworld.com"><FONT color=black>http://www.thismodernworld.com</FONT></A><FONT color=black> (scroll down to the Barbie).  The qoutes re: "first aid" and "food" on the packaging seem to imply that Mattell thinks our little yellow cluster aid packages were actually a farce, non? Or perhaps they just want to protect themselves when kids start munching on the goodies...</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=posts><SPAN class=byline><FONT color=black></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=posts><SPAN class=byline><FONT size=+0><FONT color=black>Also don't miss Tom the Dancing Bug's Invisible Hand </FONT><A href="http://www.salon.com/comics/boll/2002/01/24/boll/index.html"><FONT color=black>http://www.salon.com/comics/boll/2002/01/24/boll/index.html</FONT></A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=posts><SPAN class=byline><FONT color=#999999></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=posts><SPAN class=byline><FONT color=#999999></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=posts><SPAN class=byline><FONT color=black>charlie</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <P><BR> <HR SIZE=1> <B>Do You Yahoo!?</B><BR><A href="http://rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/tag/?http://auctions.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Auctions</A> Great stuff seeking new owners! <A href="http://rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/tag/?http://auctions.yahoo.com">Bid now!</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>