Heinlein Was Half Right

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Maybe there ain't no such thing as a free lunch, but as Ben and Jerry prove today, TISATAAFICC.

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Julian Sanchez is a contributing editor at Reason.

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  1. anonymous coward
    April.27.2004 at 1:58 am

    God bless those dirty hippies.

  2. Jason Ligon
    April.27.2004 at 3:16 am

    Please note that those dirty hippies are now the British humongo corp Unilever. That makes it even better for me, but I don’t think Kevin Carson could in good conscience grab a cone …

  3. Ryan
    April.27.2004 at 4:57 am

    Unless the greedy bastards in your area arent participating in the give-away

  4. Madog
    April.27.2004 at 11:05 am

    Baskin Robins is having a free scoop day too, tomorrow:
    http://www.baskinrobbins.com/promo/free_scoop_night.shtml
    Their free scoop isn’t related to voting, but they give money to a charity that gives books to kids for each person that gets a free scoop.

    It’s a good week for ice cream.

  5. Larry
    April.27.2004 at 11:25 am

    McDonalds take note: Register people who like their meals Supersized.

  6. mtc
    April.27.2004 at 11:27 am

    well, of course, i’m sure you recognize that these free cones were paid for by all the other B&J’s we’ve been stuffing ourselves with. Heinlein more or less addresses this directly when his hero in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress points out that a “free lunch” advertised in a certain tavern comes at cost of highly overpriced beer.

    Just quibbling. But hell, I’m headed over to the on-campus shop first chance I get, thanks Julian!

  7. Walter Wallis
    April.27.2004 at 12:45 pm

    I am too proud to accept a free ice dream cone. [also too fat]

  8. garym
    April.28.2004 at 9:32 am

    So Ben and Jerry are luring people into trying their addictive, high-fat concoctions by giving away free samples. Someday I want to write an article titled “Ben and Jerry: Merchants of Death.”

  9. kevrob
    April.29.2004 at 2:19 am

    Don’t forget the important exception to TANSTAAFL: I EAT, YOU PAY. If you can manage that without exchanging anything of value, you’ve won the game.

    Kevin

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