After New Orleans, The Deluge: A Tidal Wave Of Tar Heel Mementos

The "almost" was added after the game. The plaques were not big sellers.

So step right up, folks, and get your souvenir of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels' NC-two-A basketball championship, the greatest thing that's happened to the state in 25 years, with all due respect to David Thompson, Jesse Helms and the nuclear power plant.

Now here's a little something no household should be without. It's a half-gallon jug made of clear glass, narrow at the neck, as you can see, corked at the top, and right there inside it, sitting as pretty as you please, is a Carolina Blue Soda can, just like the cans you drink your Bud from. And, you'll notice, the jug is tastefully decorated with two strands of Carolina blue rope. Ain't she a beauty? She's yours for only $8.95. Now, you may be wondering how the can got inside that jug....