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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Red Alert Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:05 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	It is not news that Baskin-Robbins gave away free ice cream today. It is a business promotion.
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JonScribe	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:07 pm
Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 356 Location: Everett, Wash.	It would have been news yesterday, allowing me to adjust my schedule to get some free ice cream.
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Rio	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:45 am
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 887 Location: U.S.A.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by blanp: It is not news that Baskin-Robbins gave away free ice cream today. It is a business promotion.<hr></blockquote><p>Well, to be fair, it was a charity promotion; the business was accepting "donations" for some good cause or another. So do the right thing, give it a brief, and let the nonprofit get some money out of it.
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:45 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Gary Kirchherr: <p>Well, to be fair, it was a charity promotion; the business was accepting "donations" for some good cause or another. So do the right thing, give it a brief, and let the nonprofit get some money out of it.<hr></blockquote><p>Fine. I was concerned about big pictures and feature stories.
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Juana Bean Editor	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:00 am
Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2004 1:01 am Posts: 37 Location: sunny SoCal	I enjoyed my freebie. Missed Ben & Jerry's free scoop the other day though. Didn't read a thing about it in any newspaper... were there actually feature stories written about this?
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:20 am
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	How about a standalone for weather art, with info in the cutline about the charity deal?<p>The photog had better come back with a shot of a 3-year-old's ice cream-smeared face, though.<p>("Ice-cream-smeared"? I hate compound modifiers. Walsh?)
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:15 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Oeditpus Rex: How about a standalone for weather art, with info in the cutline about the charity deal?<p><hr></blockquote><p>No.
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bwalsh	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:45 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 29, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 138 Location: Washington, D.C.	Yes, ice-cream-smeared, if that modifier must be used. It's the Nancy Reagan rule (her "anti-child ... abuse center").
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:40 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Oeditpus Rex: [QB]How about a standalone for weather art, with info in the cutline about the charity deal?<p>/QB]<hr></blockquote><p>Repeat: NO.
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ADKbrown	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:45 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1286 Location: Saranac Lake, N.Y.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bumfketeer: <p>Repeat: NO.<hr></blockquote><p>This thread reminds me of a floor editor in Albany who owned an ice cream shop and who used to mutter to himself whenever we ran a photo of the Ben & Jerry's promotion.
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Guest	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:47 pm
	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ADKbrown: <p>This thread reminds me of a floor editor ....<hr></blockquote><p>He was not an editor. He was a sweet guy, but he was a converted printer.
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jmcg	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:56 pm
Joined: Fri Apr 26, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 316 Location: Albany, NY	Sweet guy?
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:43 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by blanp: It is not news that Baskin-Robbins gave away free ice cream today. It is a business promotion.<hr></blockquote> Sounds a good story for the marketing columns though. Ps: 73 degrees [in NY today] sounds like woollen jersey weather rather than ice-cream weather.<p>[ April 29, 2004: Message edited by: Paul Wiggins ]</p>
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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:54 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Paul Wiggins: Sounds a good story for the marketing columns though. Ps: 73 degrees [in NY today] sounds like woollen jersey weather rather than ice-cream weather.<p>[ April 29, 2004: Message edited by: Paul Wiggins ]<hr></blockquote><p>You've got an amusing conception of cold. Most of the people I saw on the streets today were in shorts and sunglasses.<p>It was a beautiful day for a bank robbery. I had an ice cream cone myself as I watched the NYPD cordon off a block of Fifth Avenue to defuse an explosive ink cartridge in a gigantic bag of cash. I unfortunately came upon the scene too late to actually see the apprehension of the robber.<p>I was not previously aware of this, but apparently the exploding ink cartridges can be harmful. They had a guy in a moonsuit taking the thing apart.
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Re: Red Alert Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:09 am
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by blanp: No.<hr></blockquote> <blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by bumfketeer: Repeat: NO.<hr></blockquote> I gotta get out of this small-town-news mindset.<p>(Bill: thanx.)
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