Andy wrote:
>
> jmcquown said...
>
> > Andy wrote:
> >> Recently it's been Oatmeal Crisp breakfast cereal.
> >>
> >> "Don't argue with your father."
> >> "Don't believe what you read."
> >> "It's an illusion."
> >>
> >> Stupidity.
> >>
> >> Yours?
> >>
> >> Andy
> >
> > Not food, but water. I saw an ad today for the PUR water purification
> > system that installs on your tap. No big deal, right? But wait! Want
> > cherry water? Pop in the cherry cartridge. Want grape water? Pop in
> the
> > grape cartridge.
>
> Jill,
>
> Good one! I shudder at the thought too!
>
> The vitamin, protein or flavored water products bother me as well. They've
> actually reduced supermarket shelf space for actual plain ol' water. Scary,
> imho.
>
> When Dannon got into the water biz, I suspected something had seriously
> gone wrong... gone wrong... gone wrong...
>
> Andy

Most any of the recent
pseudo-yogurt-like-overpriced-phony-health-product crap ads have been
truly pathetic and there seems to have been something of a flood of
them.