No wonder folks are confused! Following, some snapshots from my recent road trip from Kansas City to Chicago. Certainly, more information is better than less but I REALLY want to know…WHO, for example, would fill their water bottles from an oil and gas-splattered spigot at a fuel pump? We spotted this at a gas station […]
And you’re 100% right, I do! (Should I be worried that I’m gaining a reputation for ridiculous water ideas?) The tinyurl points to Trendhunter.com: Forget about drinking bottled water—now you can bathe in it! Based on the 10 Thousand BC brand of fine imported water, Glacier Bath hails from the Coastal Glacier Range in British […]
Can an offensive, stupid ad campaign spark positive action and good deeds? Yes indeed, it’s all in a day’s work here in water blog-land. I recently posted this entry on WAT-AAH!, a bottled water brand aimed at brainless parents and their spoiled-senseless kids. Aquadoc at WaterWired picked up on the entry but with an important […]
We’re not into the rant-and-complain blog style around here, but this has got to be among the most annoying, grating campaigns and product positionings I’ve ever seen. The ridiculously-named company Let Water Be Water, LLC is responsible for, WAT-AAH!, the first sugar-free, functional water brand made specifically for kids by kids and their mothers. Which […]
From his eclectic blog 50000000 Sparber Fans Can’t Be Wrong, the artist posts this song, noting “a re-recording of my song “When The Water Rise Up,” done as a sort of jug band gospel tune. With the Red River flooding, it seemed somehow appropriate.” Thanks for that Mr. Sparber. Everything’s better with music, even a […]
High praise for this creative packaging! I regret that I am unable to translate the Chinese label for you, as you’re likely as curious as I am about the production details for this bottled water, including any possible additives! From the Flickr photostream of The Study Abroad Experience… and what a colorful cultural collage of […]
I am awed by the realm in which we live. Why? Because in our time, in this place, there exists the wonder of an April Fools Day Database, a “catalog of April Fool’s Day hoaxes, pranks, and related events throughout history, categorized by year and theme.” This international cultural treasure is maintained at the also-venerated modern marvel www.museumofhoaxes.com. […]
Just a few minutes of preparation today and you’ll be tactically ready for a schadenfreude-filled April Fools Days tomorrow! It’s one of my favorite “holidays” especially if the prank involves water. Here are some classic gotchas that almost everyone in the civilized world has heard of, but continues to fall prey to year after year. […]
In a previous post, I declared that you’ll never have to call a bomb squad to detonate your tap. Now, it appears that might be false! Apparently, if you live too close to natural gas your water can become flammable, as happened to a couple in Fort Lupton, Colorado whose home is within a half-mile […]
And then you “swim” again. The ironically-named goldfish Lucky has come to his end at a pink-toilet watery grave, but not before receiving a proper eulogy and sendoff from little Maya before the final flush. The off-camera Mom is having a hard time dealing with the death, apparently!