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AcidEvangelist

AcidEvangelist

Minneapolis, MN
March 2004

MAY 08, 2007 08:10 PM

MetaTag said:
Drug inspired drink names. How about Can of Piss? wink



They already have the formula:


SocietysPliers

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL
October 2004

MAY 08, 2007 08:17 PM

SocietysPliers said:
Boom boom, ain't it great to be crazy?

SnakePlissken said:
I prefer a good

Dickens Cider
.

I love those Dickens Cider ads, but can't find the first one I ever heard, which was my favourite.

Oops. That first line was meant for an iTunes thread.

Frickin' copy and paste gone amok.

Gillionaire

Gillionaire

Manchester, NH
February 2007

MAY 08, 2007 08:28 PM

I'm not surprised by this one bit. Blatantly naming your product after a drug is bound to ruffle at least someone's feathers.

tgulag

tgulag

Olympia, WA
February 2005

MAY 09, 2007 02:08 AM

Okay, I'll say it since nobody else has mentioned.......

"RED BALLS; mmmmmm, It's cocaine in a can baby!"
(Chappelle's Show: Season Two)

Maybe they could purchase the "intellectual license" of this for a new name.

Just a little side bit of info, slightly off topic but still related. Found out yesterday about data released in March of employee and applicant urinalysis related to illegal drug use for 2006. From a sample of 9 million (that's a huge canvas of people!) 3.8% tested positive for illegal drug use. Okay, so what! Until you realize that's an 18 year low from 13.6% in 1988 (height of the crack epidemic; and all time high historical percentage). That's a 3/4% reduction from the all time high (no pun intended)! And down from 4.1% in 2005 (almost a 10% yearly reduction). Check out QUEST DIAGNOSTICS for an authoritative analysis brief. Amazing statistics that didn't make much news.

And some interesting facts, considering I live in the country's meth central (or what I hope used to be).

By the way: Don't pass up reading a new book coming out by nationally syndicated, local T-Town (Tacoma, WA), author MARK LINDQUIST (author of 'Carnival Desires,' 'Never Mind Nirvana') called 'King of Methlehem.' It's supposed to be a sort of neo-noir, Sam Spade type thriller, essentially based in Tacoma. Will be kind of an awkward read for me considering it references many of my favorite haunts (coffee shop, independent theater, bar, even video rental place). Highly suggest you check it out!

alkalinenerd

alkalinenerd

Santa Cruz, CA
September 2004

MAY 09, 2007 05:08 AM

good riddance.

i tried it, took a drink, my throat got all scratchy and i sneezed. threw it in the trash.

hyphy juice is better anyway.

scylis

scylis

USA
November 2004

MAY 09, 2007 08:14 AM

MetaTag said:
Drug inspired drink names. How about Can of Piss? wink



i thought that was Fosters.

could be wrong...

DhD_No_Pants

DhD_No_Pants

Katy, TX
May 2006

MAY 09, 2007 08:20 AM

Hey, if I can't munch on some tasty candy cigarettes every now and then, it's only fair that they take down the Cocaine energy drink. oink

queen_reality

queen_reality

I'm lost
March 2007

MAY 09, 2007 09:39 AM

I knew this was gonna happen.
Seriously, the FDA & the government keep bitching about how they can't control the drug flow in this country. Yet they keep wasting time & money going after a drink with a catchy name. ::sigh:: when will these people learn??? whatever

FridgeMagnet

FridgeMagnet

Chicago, IL
November 2004

MAY 09, 2007 12:34 PM

"We think it is most likely legal in the United States to ship our product."

I love that line. It's like, wouldn't you have maybe wanted to be 100% sure on that?

VioletRed

VioletRed

Ferndale, MI
October 2004

MAY 09, 2007 12:41 PM

i tried it once...because they were giving it away for free.

it was pretty good with vodka, and it was a lovely shade of hot pink love

RudieCantFail

RudieCantFail

Baton Rouge, LA
January 2006

MAY 09, 2007 01:11 PM

tgulag said:
Okay, I'll say it since nobody else has mentioned.......

"RED BALLS; mmmmmm, It's cocaine in a can baby!"
(Chappelle's Show: Season Two)





Untimely

Untimely

Chicago, IL
January 2007

MAY 09, 2007 02:01 PM

Maybe someone else said this, but I think the company expected this to happen.
It's a marketing gimmick, pure and simple.

FOUR EASY STEPS TO PUBLICITY AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY:

1. Invent a controversial brand in an over-saturated, over-priced market.
2. Make the product name so controversial that it is outlawed.
3. Build a cult following for the 'rebel' brand who are sympathetic to the company who had to fight against The Man.
4. Months later, release the same product with a new name, and collect on the subversive brand image.

Yet another boring, predictable, publicity stunt which is designed to market 'cool' crap to suckers.

It's just caffeine and amino acids, people.
Quit wasting your money on chemicals you can get for 50 cents a cup.

autodidactic

autodidactic

Minneapolis, MN
March 2005

MAY 09, 2007 03:02 PM

Man, I wish I'd gotten more cans of it while it was still around! It tastes pretty good.

I hope they change the name to Totally Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake. ooo aaa

SocietysPliers

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL
October 2004

MAY 09, 2007 03:58 PM

alkalinenerd said:
good riddance.

i tried it, took a drink, my throat got all scratchy and i sneezed. threw it in the trash.

hyphy juice is better anyway.

I know what you mean about thew sneezing. And the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose, and when I tried to cook it with bicarbonate . . . well, we won't even GO there!

SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

MAY 09, 2007 04:12 PM

Cigarette said:
How about <snip> a fashion line called "fcuk"?



I despised that, and I still do. Smug and deliberately offensive.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

MAY 09, 2007 07:11 PM

SockPuppet said:

Cigarette said:
How about <snip> a fashion line called "fcuk"?



I despised that, and I still do. Smug and deliberately offensive.



Isn't that the original tagline for SuicideGirls?

Saraphine

Saraphine

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

MAY 09, 2007 07:24 PM

Cigarette said:

SockPuppet said:

Cigarette said:
How about <snip> a fashion line called "fcuk"?



I despised that, and I still do. Smug and deliberately offensive.



Isn't that the original tagline for SuicideGirls?



Haha!!

Sorry, I have to agree with Untimely on this one.

Untimely

Untimely

Chicago, IL
January 2007

MAY 10, 2007 09:01 AM

Cigarette said:

SockPuppet said:

Cigarette said:
How about <snip> a fashion line called "fcuk"?



I despised that, and I still do. Smug and deliberately offensive.



Isn't that the original tagline for SuicideGirls?



That's fucking hilarious.

snake_alive

snake_alive

Brooklyn, NY
February 2005

MAY 10, 2007 09:10 PM

I enjoyed the cocaine and the company that came along with the cocaine, for a little while, then the cocaine would run out, or that empty feeling would catch up, and then all of the sudden it was like five or six in the morning and I had to get home or stay up until the afternoon and feel like shit for two days. so i chose the cocaine, for a little while, then moved on to codeine, and then the ocean, and then the sunset, and then the early morning. and it was all good because, sooner or later, it all comes to an end.

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

MAY 10, 2007 09:52 PM

I'd be a lot more excited by energy drinks if they weren't priced somewhere between 2.5 and 3.5x (or more) vs. a regular soda while not actually being substantially different. That, and most of the energy drinks I've tried (on sale) were not exactly thrilling unto my tastebuds.

Flawedhero

Flawedhero

Suwanee, GA
October 2006

MAY 10, 2007 11:10 PM

Roethke said:
I don't understand what law the FDA is using to yank it from the shelves.

dishonesty in advertising, maybe? Does anyone think that a cherry ever came anywhere near Cherry Coke?



Those cherries better stay the fuck away from my cherry coke.

FH: 100% artificially flavored since 1984.

EDIT: FUZE brand energy drink tastes pretty good, Omega I think it's called.

minusthepenguin

minusthepenguin

Ypsilanti, MI
August 2005

MAY 11, 2007 06:32 PM

Worry about tainted pet food? Nah. Inspecting for Mad Cow? Nah. Let's just worry about those things when they happen. An energy drink called Cocaine? WhAT?! Holy smokes Batman we have to pull that off the shelves!

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