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Billy Wonka slips shoppers a big pink surprise

Submitted by bszlachta on Mon, 2006-12-04 03:29.

No, it's not a golden ticket to the magical Zune Factory to see cubicles full of really depressed Oompa Loompas. Rather, you might rip open your Zune box (Packaging By Apple, Whether They Know It Or Not) to find not the chocolatey-brown bar you expected, but a shocking pink Zune! Yes, that's the color. Microsoft wasn't out to copy the iPod after all; its goal was to create a giant pink Good 'n' Plenty. And it succeeded, with only minor differences. (The main one: a few people like Good 'n' Plentys.)

Note that this is meant as a "surprise"; the people getting Pinky thought they'd be getting what they actually ordered. Ha, those irrepressible wits at Microsoft! What next? Buy an Office 2007 package, find an Internet Explorer 5.0 install CD and a Clark bar inside?

Only 100 pink Zunes were made (I'm told), so if you get one, run to eBay ASAP. These are possibly the only Zunes you'll ever be able to resell.

(Incidentally, Boycott Zune knew Pinky was coming – hence the color scheme. : )

How to Crap All Over a Product Launch, by Microsoft Corp.

Head here to see the pink Zune 'n' Plenty.
http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/02/how-to-crap-all-over-a-pr...

And while I'm discussing the Zune and color, here's a totally unrelated take. Cover your eyes for this one, kiddies:
www.microsoft....brick.com/

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