Novelty stories are one type of story journalists look for. I found a particularly bizarre story in the New York Times yesterday.
Silly String, a popular party favor, is being sent to one American soldier in Iraq. Silly String can detect invisible bomb tripwires and potentially save lives. Marcelle Shriver, the boy's mother, set up a project to collect the product and has sent more than 80,000 cans to Iraq. Just for Kicks, the company who produces Silly String, has even donated some to Shriver. However, the company refused to say exactly how many cans were donated or how Shriver's campaign has helped revenues.
The rest of the article is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/business/22silly.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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While I think that it's great that this woman is helping keep the soldiers over there safe, I cannot help but find it a bit sad and depressing that we can't give our soldiers alternative (and maybe more effective, efficient, and long-lasting) means of doing their job. One also has to wonder what they are going to do with all of the leftover cans of Silly String that remain long after the soldiers are back. Who knows? At this point however, it seems like we may be over there long enough to use all of them up.
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