// an array to hold the messages
var rotateMessages_messages = new Array();


//add messages here
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "Popcorn makes up 8% of all snack purchases.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "The US market for microwave popcorn exceeds $2.7 billion per year.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "Butter popcorn is the most popular flavor. ";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "Kettle corn is one of the fastest growing types of popcorn.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "Popcorn is the leading salted snack sold by mass merchandisers.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "Americans eat about 17 billion quarts of popcorn each year.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "Most of the popcorn consumed throughout the world is grown in the United States.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "More than 73 million Americans own microwaves.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "Nearly 70% of popcorn consumed is eaten in the home.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "Popcorn is one of the only snacks popular with all age groups.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "The first electric popcorn popper was introduced in 1907.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "The home poppers were first introduced in 1925.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "Experiments with popcorn helped give birth to the microwave oven in 1945.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "Popcorn sales slumped briefly during the early 1950s when television became popular.";
rotateMessages_messages[rotateMessages_messages.length] = "Popcorn's name comes from the \"poppe\" meaning \"explosive sound\".";

function rotateMessages_getNextMessage(){
	var id = rotateMessages_getNextMessageId();
	try{
		document.write(rotateMessages_messages[id]);
	} catch (e){
	}
}


// expire so that the cookie stays perm
var expDays = 30;
var exp = new Date(); 
exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + (expDays*24*60*60*1000));

function rotateMessages_getNextMessageId(){
	var id = GetCookie('rotateMessages_messageId')
	if(id == null) {
		SetCookie('rotateMessages_messageId','0', exp)
		return 0;
	} else {
		
		var newCount = 0;
		
		try{
			// once we get to the end circle back
			newcount = (parseInt(id) + 1) % (rotateMessages_messages.length);
		}catch (e){
			//ignore and use 0
		}
		
		if (isNaN(newCount))
		{
			newCount = 0;
		}

		DeleteCookie('rotateMessages_messageId')
		SetCookie('rotateMessages_messageId', newcount , exp)
		return id
	}
}