Re: The fun of convention organizing...

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Nyrath the nearly wise wrote:

> Mike Stanczyk wrote:
> > It's cardboard crack.  I've seen 8 year old kids lined up 10 deep,
*shaking*,
> > waiting to buy Pokemon.  It's an addiction.
> 
>	Around here they call it "paper crack".
>	You see, when you open a pack, you release an odorless gas
>	which, when inhaled, creates an urge to purchase *more*

This would be the same gas that Pudding Workshop uses in the air
conditioning of PW stores, and in their own blisters and boxes?

It's about the only reason I can see for otherwise (mostly) rational
friends buying into PW stuff...

I _thought_ I felt strange after the last time I entered a PW store (and
didn't buy anything...) :>

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