Tug o’ tunes

My wife has discovered iTunes. Let the competition begin.

I sent a message to parts of the office about saving the caps from Pepsi products that come in the 20 oz variety. I tried to sneak one by, but you can never fool a journalist. And, to my surprise and dismay, there are tons of people that use iTunes. It’s that time of year again when Apple and Pepsi team up to offer a cap for a song. You get a cap that has a 10-digit code and you’ve got yourself a free song.

When I happened to mention what the caps were for, most people sort of gave me a weird face, clutched the caps tightly in their hands then shooed me away like yesterday’s house fly.

Then it was my wife’s turn.

She usually picks up a Diet Dew in the afternoon’s anyway, but I started getting suspicious when she had the soda machine moved right outside her office. Actually, I’m exaggerating somewhat. She does have the can that catches the recyclable bottles outside her office. It was a bit odd to see half her torso, the lower half and not the upper half, which was halfway down the can.

Actually, I’m exaggerating about that, too. That was me. I managed to pick up one cap from the can. Then, to my dismay, I found myself going to each can throughout the building and looking. Then I was looking on people’s desks.

Sad, really.

Through all that effort, I managed two caps today.

And my wife? She gets a no-account reporter to hand her over two!

Thanks, Binker.

Then, fool that I am, I end up showing him what iTunes is all about. Guess I won’t be getting any caps from him either.

Oh well. Back to the cans.