Urgent News Alert

martyz.com urgent news alert: 
(From the newsdesk of Andrea Dono)

FREE ICE CREAM
Tuesday is the 26th anniversary of 
Ben & Jerry’s “Free Cone Day.” 
Just head to any Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop around the
world on Tuesday, April 27th, between the hours of noon and 8:00 PM and pick up your free ice cream cone.
It’s as simple as that.

To find out more about “Free Cone Day,” take a look at

http://www.benandjerrys.com/

Wednesday is the fifth anniversary of Baskin Robbins’ “Free Scoop Night.” That’s right, folks. MORE FREE ICE CREAM! Head into any US Baskin Robbins on Wednesday, April 28th, between the hours of 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM and you’ll get yet another free scoop of ice cream. Better still, for each person who shows up
and nabs a free ice cream cone, Baskin Robbins will make a donation to First Book, a non-profit organization that provides books to underprivileged kids.

For more information about Baskin Robbins’ Free Scoop Night, take a look at….

http://www.baskinrobbins.com/promo/free_scoop_night.shtml

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On this day in 1986, a video pirate overrode HBO’s satellite transmission of “The Falcon and the Snowman” and declared he doesn’t want to pay it’s monthly fee:
Good evening HBO
From Captain Midnight
$12.95/Month? No Way!
(Showtime/The Movie Channel Beware)
Check out the full story here.

Estee Lauder died last week, cosmetics billionaire. Famous for being one of the 20th centuries greatest entrepreneurs but more famous for having fights with her husband then afterward, having great makeup sex.

I can’t take credit for that one — Robert Spewak of CBS Radio wrote that gem.
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April 27, 2004 • Posted in: Ramblings