Boy, you guys sure are tense! Sure Slappy, Marco, and myself included make wisecracks all the time regardless of the seriousness of the topic. But the way this thread was written and followed up by the author sounds like an old Soupy Sales gag to make kids do something they aren't supposed to.
"Hey little kiddies out there in TV land. You know those green pieces of folding paper your mommy keeps in her purse? Well, take a few of them out and send them to yer ol' Uncle Soupy at this address..."
I think what most people are responding to is the notion of taking one of their own $1000 interconnects and putting it next to the frozen red snapper and Jolly Green Giant green beans.