A couple weeks ago, NPR reported on a unique start-up
company in Australia. For the low price
of only $9.99, shipyourenemiesglitter.com (motto: “We Send Glitter to the
People You Hate”) provides a service they describe as follows:
Pay us money, provide an address anywhere in the world &
we'll send them so much glitter in an envelope that they'll be finding that s$@!
everywhere for weeks. We'll also include a note telling the person exactly why
they're receiving this terrible gift. Hint: the glitter will be mixed in with
the note thus increasing maximum spillage.
And exactly how much demand is there for such a
service? According to NPR, the
company was inundated with orders—so many that the Web site crashed and they exhausted
their seven-color stockpile of glitter.
Austrl*, like the desire for revenge, is more common than
you might think. There are 11 instances of
it in the OhioLINK catalog, and 856 entries (662 English-language ones) in WorldCat.
(Photo of Glitter Particles, from Wikimedia Commons)
Deb Kulczak
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