Ice Cold…

  • Posted by marcus
  • August 13, 2006

I was at the Braves game today and as I was walking back to my car there were guys selling beverages out of coolers along the sidewalks to the parking lots. Each of them was tempting passers-by with a product they claimed to be ice cold. Now, many liquids have freezing points well below that of water, so it is possible to have certain beverages at or below 32°F. But these merchants were peddling bottled water. The announcement “Ice Cold Water!” was simply ridiculous.

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Michael
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August 22, 2006 at 6:00 am

I’m always annoyed by the comercial claims that something is more x-like than x itself. “our dishwashing soap smells more like lemons than a real lemon”. yeah right.

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c s lewis
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October 6, 2006 at 8:27 am

course it is a little less vexing if you don’t typo “ridiculous”

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marcus
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October 6, 2006 at 8:40 am

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