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Book III
Lesson 26
Wanted: a large biscuit tin
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No one can avoid being influenced
by advertisements.
Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste,
we are no longer free to choose the things we want,
for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us.
In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product,
advertisers have made a close study of human nature
and have classified all our little weak nesses.
Advertisers discovered years ago
that all of us love to get something for nothing.
An advertisement which begins with themagic word FREE
can rarely go wrong.
These days, advertisers not only offer free samples but free cars,
free houses, and free trips round the world as well.
They devise hundreds of competitions
which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
Radio and television have made it possible
for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.
During a radio programme,
a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked
listeners to bake biscuits
and send them to their factory.
They offered to pay $2 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked
by a listener.
The response to this competition was tremendous.
Before long, biscuits of all shapes
and sizes began arriving at the factory.
One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
A little later, a man came along with a biscuit
which occupied the whole boot of his car.
All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
The largest was 713 pounds.
It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
But just before the competition closed,
a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit
which weighed 2400 pounds.
It had been baked by a college student
who had used over 1000 pounds of flour,
800 pounds of sugar, 200 pounds of fat,
and 400 pounds of various other ingredients.
It was so heavy
that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry.
The manufacturers had to pay more money
than they had anticipated,
for they bought the biscuit from the student for $4800.