Buy a "Bob" Beer Stein Today!

From: kconvery@ioma.com (The Bishop)
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Date: Tue, Dec 18, 2001 2:09 PM

Any lingering fears of the Scatalog swag going south quality-wise now
that it's outsourced (dig my crazy corporate lingo, cat!) were quickly
allayed when I opened my package from CafePress today. The "Bob" Stein
(I think I went to high school with a Bob Stein) is solid ceramic all
the way through, and NOT the hollow-molded kind that breaks when you
breathe on it. Very substantial in the hand, good heft, good balance,
looks like pint-plus capacity. All this AND not one, but TWO, count
'em up TWO Dobbsheads. All in all, a drinking vessel of the first
water (though it won't see much). As hip and with-it as it might make
me look to be the only one at XD5 drinking from one, I suggest you
order yours today. (OK, NO MORE QVC for me!)

From now on, I won't drink until I see the whites of "Bob"'s eyes!
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From: "Rev. Magdalen" <magdalen@attbi.com>

"The Bishop" <kconvery@ioma.com> wrote in message
news:f9a02c0.0112181109.e8fa84a@posting.google.com...
> Any lingering fears of the Scatalog swag going south quality-wise now
> that it's outsourced (dig my crazy corporate lingo, cat!) were quickly
> allayed when I opened my package from CafePress today. The "Bob" Stein
> (I think I went to high school with a Bob Stein) is solid ceramic all
> the way through, and NOT the hollow-molded kind that breaks when you
> breathe on it. Very substantial in the hand, good heft, good balance,
> looks like pint-plus capacity. All this AND not one, but TWO, count
> 'em up TWO Dobbsheads. All in all, a drinking vessel of the first
> water (though it won't see much). As hip and with-it as it might make
> me look to be the only one at XD5 drinking from one, I suggest you
> order yours today. (OK, NO MORE QVC for me!)
>
> From now on, I won't drink until I see the whites of "Bob"'s eyes!

Praise "Bob"!

While a number of steins have been sold, the number is still few enough for
them to be considered VERY collectable! Each one is hand-made for the
person who orders it. (Well, ok, hand decorated, I don't imagine they're
sitting around potters wheels over there at cafepress.) We may NEVER sell
them again, allowing each one to gain the collectability status of the
famous S.L.A.K. embroidered patches, the DobbsFish car symbol, and the
limited-edition T-shirt designs sported by Reverend Stang himself.

Interestingly, while a number of steins have been sold, only one ornament
has been purchased by some lucky SubGenius! I guess this shows where our
priorities lie! Screw decorations -- give us something to hold BEER in!

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