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| Netlore Archive: As promised, participating Long John Silver's restaurants in the U.S.A. will offer free shrimp (one per customer) on May 10, 2004 in honor of NASA's discovery of proof that there was once an ocean on the planet Mars | |||
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Email example contributed by D. Cook, 25 March 2004:
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Subject: Fwd: FW: Long John Silver's to Feed America Free Shrimp WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!! NASA FINDS OCEAN WATER ON MARS! LONG JOHN SILVER'S GIVES AMERICA
NASA's March 23 announcement of evidence of the past presence of "a body of gently flowing saltwater" on Mars is big news for America, and giant news for seafood fans. In January, Long John Silver's offered to give America free Giant Shrimp if NASA found conclusive evidence of an ocean on Mars. To celebrate the success of NASA's Mars Rover project, the company is going to give America free Giant Shrimp on Monday, May 10. On Monday, May 10, between the hours of 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. customers can
stop by any participating Long John Silver's restaurant and enjoy a free
Giant Shrimp (one piece per customer).
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Comments: True. The above is part of a press release from restaurant chain Long John Silver's, Inc. dated March 24, 2004. The company is making good on a promise made in January to provide one six-inch giant shrimp to every American in the event NASA found proof that an ocean once existed on Mars — which is sporting of them, considering a deadline of February 29 was set for said discovery to be announced. NASA didn't report its finding that a briny sea did exist on the red planet eons ago until March 23.
According to an earlier story in the Wall Street Journal, Long John Silver's took out an insurance policy in case it had to make good on the promise, which could theoretically cost the company — if every man, woman and child in the United States turned up to claim their shrimp, that is — over $230 million.
The giveaway will take place at participating Long John Silver's restaurants on Monday, May 10, 2004 between the hours of 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Sources and further reading:
'Free Shrimp' Press Release
Long John Silver's, Inc., 25 March 2004Long John Silver's Upholds 'Fishy' Deal
Louisville Courier-Journal, 25 March 2004Seafood Chain Feels Great Wave of Relief
Wall Street Journal, 3 March 2004On Mars, Not Just Water, but a Sea
Christian Science Monitor, 24 March 2004Long John Silver's Makes Fishy Promise
Wireless Flash, 16 January 2004
Last updated: 03/25/04
