http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/baskin.asp
Claim: April
28 is "Free Scoop Night" at participating Baskin-Robbins ice cream outlets.
Status: True.
Origins: Hey, whaddya know! One of these annoying e-mail come-ons about "free" merchandise is not only on the level, but it's about something good as well.
As they've done for the past four years, Baskin-Robbins will again be holding an annual "Free Scoop Night" from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, 28 April 2004. The ice cream is on the house, and for every scoop given away Baskin-Robbins makes a donation to First Book to provide new books for underprivileged kids. Come early, come often! (One scoop per customer per store.)
As usual, rival ice cream outlet Ben & Jerry's will be holding their Free Cone Day a day earlier, between noon and 8:00 PM on 27 April 2004
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/longjohn.asp
Claim: Long John Silver's restaurants will be giving away free Giant Shrimp on 10 May 2004.
Status: True.
Origins: In
one of the more unusual promotions in recent memory, the Long John Silver's restaurant chain announced on 16 January 2004 — just before NASA landed the second of two Mars Rovers on the red planet — that they would "give America free Giant Shrimp" if NASA found "conclusive evidence of an ocean on Mars." The stipulation was that NASA must make an official announcement of having found evidence of a Martian ocean by 29 February 2004, where an "ocean" was defined as "as a single body of water, the surface area of which equals or exceeds five million square kilometers."
On 23 March 2004, NASA did indeed announce that the Opportunity rover had uncovered evidence demonstrating that water was present on Mars long ago. But even though the announcement came three weeks past the "free shrimp" deadline and didn't exactly qualify as the discovery of an "ocean," Long John Silver's is nonetheless going ahead with their "One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Giant Shrimp" promotion.
On Monday, 10 May 2004, customers can stop by any participating Long John Silver's outlet between the hours of 2 P.M. and 5 P.M. to claim a free Giant Shrimp (one piece per customer). If that sounds like a rather shrimpy deal, consider that Long John Silver's batter-dipped Giant Shrimp are "huge, measuring nearly a half-foot long."
Founded in 1969 and based in Louisville, Kentucky, Long John Silver's is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands (who also operate the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and A&W restaurant chains) and has over 1,250 outlets worldwide. Use the Long John Silver's store locator to find the location nearest you.
No Long John Silvers here! Used to have a Red Lobster but they closed...how can frozen seafood compete with seafood that slept in the gulf the night before!
