Oct 21, 2007
Disney Coupons
I’ve been struggling this week to think of an excuse to mention Disney coupons. This is a science blog after all, but as regular readers are well aware it is supported in part by a coupons section. At the weekend, I usually try to shoehorn in some spurious reference to a product or service for which there is a coupon on the site in the hope that dedicated readers, hoping to see the site continue well into its second decade (version 1.0 appeared in May 1996), will lend support by using said coupon.
Anyway, it’s the turn of Disney coupons this week, but where’s the science link? I could talk about some of the absurdity of the organisation’s paranormal output - Mary Poppins, Bedknobs & Broomsticks, and Herbie, for instance. Or, I could mention the psychological damage caused to me in trying to ponder, as a child, how Mickey Mouse’s ears always face forward no matter which way his head is turned. I could even mention Discover magazine, but, then again, maybe not.
So, dear reader, you are almost left dangling this weekend. Sciencebase has a Disney coupons section as I’ve mentioned. If you are buying from their online store, then please use the coupons. Currently, there are 15% and 20% discounts depending on what you buy and 60% off Halloween merchandise, which is quite timely, although certainly not science oriented, unless we discuss the medicinal and health benefits of pumpkin pie.
Finally, I could mention that a free High School Musical 2 CD is available if you spend $50 or more, but then that raises the question of psychological damage once again…



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Keith Robison said,
October 22, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Two Disney science hooks:
1) Stephen J. Gould had a classic essay on how Mickey Mouse has been growing younger over time (by googling it appears to be in The Panda’s Thumb)
2) When I was at Disney this year, I noticed (how geeky!) that their comical periodic table was actually periodic! Most designers of such are clueless that the columns should mean something, but on the Disney chart every column corresponded to a movie or theme (e.g. a Toy Story column, a Little Mermaid column, etc)
David Bradley said,
October 23, 2007 at 8:59 am
Yes, Mickey has being aging in reverse, like King Arthur’s Merlin!
Have you got a link for the Disney periodic table? I must see it…