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92. This is dumb, good grief

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Tue Jun 11, 2013, 11:23 PM

Jun 2013

If they want higher end customers, do they just charge more for it? It's still water!

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Nestl� introduces bottled water for �trendy, high-income� women [View all] n2doc Jun 2013 OP

This just confirms my suspicions that all women secretly desire to be in an aquatic dance troupe. nt Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #1

No; to be mermaids! And you can count me in! WinkyDink Jun 2013 #4

I wanna be a mermaid! Well, a merman. Hell, when I'm drunk I want to be Ethel Merman. Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #10

Damn Skippy, that's DUzy worthy! Brother Buzz Jun 2013 #27

OK this post wins the thread - DUzy malaise Jun 2013 #30

... LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #54

I thought it was whales who aspire to being in a dolphin boyband. dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #8

Only Women? Drale Jun 2013 #43

I hate to admit it but I have tried splash-play. It was in college. I was young. Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #46

They'll market our Florida water to wealthy women while paying little to none to the winterpark Jun 2013 #62

No doubt that commercial appeals to someone. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #2

It's got Electrolytes! htuttle Jun 2013 #3

its got what ladies crave arely staircase Jun 2013 #6

It's got the electrolytes plants crave! n/t backscatter712 Jun 2013 #49

Oh god it's all coming true. n/t pa28 Jun 2013 #64

One has to wonder, though... Scootaloo Jun 2013 #66

~facepalm~ Marrah_G Jun 2013 #5

+1 nt bunnies Jun 2013 #15

+1 Jamastiene Jun 2013 #58

It has electrolytes that sycophants crave! Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #7

Gotta love the trendies Warpy Jun 2013 #9

What's this "high income market" they're catering to? Das not compute! Initech Jun 2013 #11

Oh, my former manager will be all over this. Myrina Jun 2013 #51

They'd be better off with Orangina dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #12

A good example of the right way to do it...versus the wrong way to do it: Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #13

I don't get it she is just singing with some...WHAT THE HELL? Rex Jun 2013 #20

Still trying to deconstruct that myself Hekate Jun 2013 #24

Apparently, I kid you not, it's about "growing" your business. Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #26

yup jollyreaper2112 Jun 2013 #33

I had no idea- awesome! Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #34

Thank you! I have learned something new today Rex Jun 2013 #42

hard to say jollyreaper2112 Jun 2013 #45

Very inetresting, I looked up 'japan penis festival'. Rex Jun 2013 #73

did it appear as I described? jollyreaper2112 Jun 2013 #75

Yes there are HUGE foam penises walking around Rex Jun 2013 #76

haha jollyreaper2112 Jun 2013 #77

Right now I am looking at some of their crazy game shows. Rex Jun 2013 #78

oh boy jollyreaper2112 Jun 2013 #80

Thank you! I see another hour or two Rex Jun 2013 #81

Those crazy game shows are not shown on regular broadcast TV Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #95

The Chinese are not far behind..behold their new building: ( no joke) dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #86

And there's even a good kids movie about them n2doc Jun 2013 #47

damn jollyreaper2112 Jun 2013 #50

I have a Miyazaki collection I share w/ my 8 y.o. grandson, but I never understood that bit till now Hekate Jun 2013 #88

This message was self-deleted by its author uppityperson Jun 2013 #94

wow arely staircase Jun 2013 #56

Have you seen Studio Ghibli's animation Pom Poko? Matariki Jun 2013 #97

This should go well with the BIC Cristal pens for women suffragette Jun 2013 #14

Betcha they fill those bottles in Jersey or Brooklyn..Just speculating...n/t monmouth3 Jun 2013 #16

Florida aquifer, I beleive. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #29

Short sighted? Retrograde Jun 2013 #68

that commercial is gag-inducing. these trendy women must be utter fools. 'naturally-occuring HiPointDem Jun 2013 #17

Silly. HappyMe Jun 2013 #18

�where she�s proud to carry around Resource as her bottled water accessory..." Rex Jun 2013 #19

Gee Won't Her DoucheBag Accessory Be Jealous? n/t HangOnKids Jun 2013 #37

Or her children accessories, always wanting food. Rex Jun 2013 #41

they plan on owning the world's water and selling what was once free olddots Jun 2013 #21

I prefer Brawndo - The Thirst Mutilator Beearewhyain Jun 2013 #22

"her bottled water accessory" ljm2002 Jun 2013 #23

Next up..bottled air. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #31

So did Spaceballs: Initech Jun 2013 #71

The first official oxygen bar opened in Toronto, Canada, in 1996 pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #82

Ohhh...I vaguely remember something about that, now that you mention it. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #85

Is it just filtered tap water, like Dasani? reformist2 Jun 2013 #25

Good Idea WovenGems Jun 2013 #28

Many of those "boobs" are folks who stock up for hurricane season dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #38

lol. Starry Messenger Jun 2013 #32

I don't know if you tried to link to Penn and Teller SwissTony Jun 2013 #61

My favorite episode of theirs. Starry Messenger Jun 2013 #69

It just shows how much BS is associated with bottled water. SwissTony Jun 2013 #79

So, how many women do you think will fall for old water in a new package? Frustratedlady Jun 2013 #35

Remember,Evian spelled backwards is.. riqster Jun 2013 #36

tssk.. ForeignandDomestic Jun 2013 #39

New Age Terrorist WovenGems Jun 2013 #48

I think I saw New Age Terrorist was playing Austin City Limits this year. Initech Jun 2013 #72

thanks for posting this olddots Jun 2013 #53

Personally....i think this is all wet. Gin Jun 2013 #40

Key quote from article: �We want to raise it to the level of a LIFESTYLE BRAND� You know, like... Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #44

Lol "think different" ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2013 #55

Dear Holy Savior datasuspect Jun 2013 #52

So...it's marketed to women with too much money who care way too much about what others think? Avalux Jun 2013 #57

Aye. This is for people who want others to *think* they love exercise and nature. RedCappedBandit Jun 2013 #90

oiy. what a stupid product with a stupid name for stupid consumers. Whisp Jun 2013 #59

It looks like a feminine napkin commercial... Jamastiene Jun 2013 #60

IT'S....FRIGGIN'....WATER! louis-t Jun 2013 #63

Trendy new age woo-rotic hypochondriacs will fall for anything. nt Zorra Jun 2013 #65

Nestl� is a highly unethical corporation that loves destroying the rainforest. Quantess Jun 2013 #67

FUCK NESTLE TWICE. vanlassie Jun 2013 #93

it's more water-y than regular water NightWatcher Jun 2013 #70

Yeah, not "watered down" like that other stuff Canuckistanian Jun 2013 #84

It's not what you drink, it's what you're seen drinking that counts. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #74

I heard about something called Brawndo that also contains electrolytes Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #83

Video: Nestle CEO says water should be privatized and sold for profit, is not a human right. Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #87

Brabeck is a transnational asshole and a bloodsucking parasite...nt GReedDiamond Jun 2013 #89

Yummy! Yuppy water! RedCappedBandit Jun 2013 #91

This is dumb, good grief treestar Jun 2013 #92

one of the stupidest things I've read in a while duuser5822 Jun 2013 #96