From: Aaron Belenky <abelenky@microsoft.com>
To: "'hyperion@mit.edu'" <hyperion@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Survival of the Fittest!
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 10:59:43 -0800
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Hows this for a Thesis topic?

"A Practical Application of Shadow Philosophy on Modern Consumer
Products."

Aaron Belenky

>----------
>From: 	Craig Critchley
>Posted At: 	Tuesday, December 03, 1996 10:07 PM
>Posted To: 	SOC Babylon 5 Enthusiasts
>Conversation: 	How Shadows Eat M&M's
>Subject: 	How Shadows Eat M&M's
>
>How the Shadows eat M&M's:
>
>>>Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the
>>>strength and robustness of the candy as a species.  To this end, I hold
>>>M&M duels.
>>>
>>>Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure,
>>>squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters.  That is
>>>the"loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately.  The winner gets to
>>>go another round.
>>>
>>>I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and
>>>the newer blue ones are genetically inferior.  I have hypothesized that
>>>the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theatre of
>>>competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world.
>>>
>>>Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or
>>>pointier, or flatter than the rest.  Almost invariably this proves to be
>>>a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength.
>>>In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.
>>>
>>>When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest
>>>of the herd.  Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I
>>>pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of
>>>Mars, Inc., >Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3x5 card
>>>reading, "Please use this M&M for breeding purposes."
>>>
>>>This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free
>>>1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms.  I consider this "grant money."  I have set
>>>aside the weekend for a grand tournament.  From a field of hundreds, we
>>>will discover the True Champion.
>>>
>>>There can be only one.
>
>				...Craig
>