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[Jason Laughlin <employ AT jasonlaughlin.com>]

You drank (or inhaled) the nitrogen prize.  Oddly enough, the ping-pong ball 
actually is
called a "widget."  Now if they could only distribute a snipe in every pack.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000526.html

Jason

Gina Norman wrote:

> >  Little wing-ding not withstanding
>
> OOOH -- I'm glad someone else saw one of these.  I was at a party a few
> years back and they had this biggish cans with little ping-pong ball
> jobbies in them.  I was compelled (after pouring out most of the beer) to
> take it apart to see what was in it.  It resisted my efforts for a while
> (granted, I had only my baby pocket knife with which to attack it), but
> eventually it cracked. Sadly, there was nothing of interest inside it.
>
> I was hoping for a prize.
>
> :(
>
> -Gina
>
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