We get e-mails to the various CriticalDance addresses that cover a wide range of products and services (I won't go into details). However, this one, albeit with a weak dance connection, seemed so out of the ordinary and so pleasantly-worded that I thought I would share it with you:

To: <stuart@criticaldance.com>

Dear Lady/ Sir,

We are a Chinese tin box maker, we can produce tin box as per customer's
requirements . our tin box is suitable for pencil, candle, wine, coffee
and tea,as well as candy, chocolate....

Homepage Address: http://www.tinbox.cn/ebusiness/en/index.asp

Cellphone: 86-0769 8406531 .

If you have got any further questions, please contact us !

We shall be very sorry if this mail bothered you!

we wish you a very luck day!

Jack Kiang
Marketing Director
Dongguan City Jingli Can Co., Ltd.
Shuiji Industrial Zone,Tianbian Manage District,Shipai Town,
Dongguan City,Guangdong Province,China
Tel: (86 769) 6535822
Fax: (86 769) 6650198
email address: jack@jinglitinbox.com
jack@tinbox.cn
Homepage Address: http://www.tinbox.cn

<img src="http://www.tinbox.cn/ebusiness/product_images/b/cn_b_3_970.jpg" alt="" />

This is a candle can. Yes, I'm puzzled too why there is a prominent banner for Coca-Cola on the side.

<small>[ 13 January 2005, 03:24 AM: Message edited by: Stuart Sweeney ]</small>

Weak dance connection? Where?

Well, the tins could be used for pointe shoes to provide extra protection. Alternatively, put it down to English irony.

<small>[ 21 January 2005, 04:15 AM: Message edited by: Stuart Sweeney ]</small>

Nice Tin , Pity it didn't have a dance picture on it...wonder if they do any with dance on the tins??

"Dances With Tins"? Just finished listing to the theme music from Dances With Wolves on the radio....sort of went together - dance...wolves, tins...whatever!

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me, Noreen:

<img src="http://www.die-pyramiden-von-naxos.com/English_/The_Artist_/Forum_Omonia__/Dancing_Tins_/146-4615.JPG" alt="" />

dancing tins

...dance of the Tin-Pot Fairy?