Still Water Runs Deep
There are many varieties of bottled water on the market. They've got sparkling water, distilled water, french water, spring water, flavored water, and mineral water, just to name a few. But the one thing they have in common is that no matter what kind of water you get, it's still. It's not making anything grow, it's not turning hydroelectric turbines, it's not raising the ambient humidity -- it just sits there in the bottle, refracting light. Once everyone realizes this, it will open the door for my new product idea --
Swirling Water! The High Energy Drink of the MTV Generation!
Comments
Great idea! But does the MTV generation drink water, or just tequila and beer? Do they want to be energized? And last I checked, they really didn't want to grow. Hate to spoil your idea on making your first million, but I will support my favorite cousin and buy the first case of this product. God love ya!
Luann
Posted by: Luann | October 19, 2003 09:41 PM
It is easy to see that you wrote this at 11:15 PM. You didn't cover any of the important points. Is your water swirling clockwise or counterclockwise? Is it spring water or sparkling water? What temperature is it kept at? Has it been blest? I need more information before I can make an investment. Until then, I think that you should hold your water! On second thought, given my long support and our close relationship, together with cousin Luann jumping in with her support...put me down for two cases. Does this water hold an electric charge?
Posted by: dave | October 20, 2003 02:10 PM
Luann, what if we modified the idea and created swirling tequila? I guess beer already swirls if it's pre-shaken.
Dad, the beauty of the swirling effect is that it is supposed to be so mesmerizing that you lose interest in all of the other properties (taste, electrical charge, state of blessedness, temperature, etc.)
Rob(tm)
Posted by: Rob(tm) | October 20, 2003 08:44 PM
Swirling tequila...hmm, I think I like that idea. Do we need to find a worm that can swim. Neal and Bryce think that an electric eel will do, so we can get that electric charge thing going. Oh the possibilities. And I am sure that we could get someone to bless and eel or a worm. All I know is that when Jose Cuervo and I are friends, I get to swirling!
Posted by: Luann | October 26, 2003 04:47 PM
I WOULD HAVE COMMENTED EARLIER BUT WAS SUFFERING FROM A CRANIAL,ANAL INVERSION THAT GRACE SAYS HAS AFFECTED MY ATTITUDE AND OUTLOOK ON LIFE.ROB.YOU ARE ONTO NOTHING NEW EXCEPT THAT YOU HAVE REDISCOVERED THE COREOLLIS EFFECT.PERHAPS YOU REMEMBER HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE---- WATER TENDS TO SWIRL (spin)to the right in the northern hemisphere(exception- the state of MASS.WHERE EVERTHING SPINS LEFT) AND TO THE LEFT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. THIS EFFECT WAS DISCOVERED BY A BEER DRINKER NAMED COREOLLIS WHO SPENT WAY TOO MUCH TIME WATCHING THINGS GO DOWN THE DRAIN IN BOTH HEMISPHERES.
Posted by: uncle tom | October 26, 2003 07:10 PM
YOUR DISCOVERY DOES HAVE SOME ECONOMIC POSIBILITIES. HOW ABOUT A LEFT SPINING WATER FROM ,SAY, SOUTH AFRICA CALLED "MANDELLA". what liberal could resist? then a right spining water called "rush" bottled in ripon wi. FINALLY A WATER FROMNEAR THE EQUATOR CALLED "AQUA NON COREOLLIS" WITH A PICTURE OF BILL O'REILLY ON THE LABEL? I WOULD CONTINUE BUT I SEEM TO BE GETTING DIZZZZY.
Posted by: TOM | October 26, 2003 07:43 PM
I thought that Coreollis was a city in Oregon. Do they drink Margueritas there? Maybe someone is trying to invent the Electronic Swirl (a new kind of line dance). Actually, this whole thing is beginning to sound like a conversation among Pedersens after beers.....and I approve.
Posted by: dave | October 29, 2003 07:22 PM
I am speaking on behalf of the MTV generation. I will start out by giving the correct spelling of the afore mentioned effect:
Coriolis «KAWR ee OH lihs», effect is the apparent effect of the earth's rotation on the motion of anything traveling across the face of the globe. The Coriolis effect is too small to be noticeable when a person walks or drives. But it greatly affects the paths of objects flying over the earth. For example, a missile traveling above the earth tends to move in a straight line. But, to an observer rotating along with the earth, the path of the missile appears to curve, as if it were pushed. This apparent push is the Coriolis effect. The Coriolis effect prevents winds from the North and South poles and the equator from moving directly north or south. Winds that blow toward the equator seem to curve toward the west. Winds that move away from the equator seem to curve to the east. The Coriolis effect also influences the direction of ocean currents. The Coriolis effect is named for Gaspard Gustave de Coriolis, the French scientist who described it in 1835.
Ok, now that we have the facts, let's move on. Rob, do you have too much time on your hands? Maybe the baby's room could use another coat of paint. Mr. Raccoon, are you up for another round? Tell him, I have a washing machine with his name on it.
Posted by: krista | October 29, 2003 10:01 PM
I might suggest a variety that should be carefully test marketed in very specific localities. Namely, California, Vermont, and the few parts of Massachussetts that don't lean so far left as to have fallen over. The water should be green. The bottle should be split in half with the contents of each half spinning in opposite directions. It should also be a bit misshapen so as to add some sloshing to the spinning. The label should have nothing other than a picture of Ralph Nader looking every bit as ugly as the product.
Posted by: matt | October 29, 2003 10:24 PM
My son's confused on wet and dry,
On what is down, and what is sky,
And what is safe to sniff and drink
And what should trickle down the sink,
His silly comments by the dozen
Amused us all, and then his cousin
Jumped right in,it makes me sad
Because her comments caused her dad
To speak on things he hadn't oughter,
Which brought involvement from my daughter,
As if there weren't enough of that..
She's ably seconded by Matt,
And this is true, I won't deny it,
I mumped right in (I had to try it),
I didn't know from what or when,
But then, I am a Pedersen!
Posted by: dave | October 30, 2003 11:56 AM
Dear Cousin amused by the swirling of water,
Which has also been confused by many another,
All should think this simpy or not,
Swirling water is no new concept believe it or not.
Just flush the toilet watch the whirl,
As the lovely water begins to swirl.
Not for sale,
Not to be marketed,
Not even sure why this subject has been docketed.
So I think this is the last of my words,
To the whole doggone family full of nerds.
(Okay, I guess I would be one of them). :)
Written under the influence of KAWR ee OH lihs.
Luann
Posted by: Luann | October 31, 2003 11:45 PM
sry krista the mtv generation doesnt have corect spellin.most of them have been convicted of a felon. none of us had the idea of water thats a swirlin, but a distant cousin of mine got his mind a wirlin.about a drink thatll get ya a twirlin.
felons or not, they have not partaken in the subject of the earths grand motivation. to this concept the cheeseheads will not awaken, because they have no interest in the earths rotation.
am i the only one to top the crazy couzin, im hoping for replys by the duzen
the cheeshead
Posted by: The crazy cousins son | November 5, 2003 09:11 PM
Toilets make the water swirl?
Your comments make me want to hurl,
This topic's really kind of dumb
We've ploughed this field, ad nauseum
And just when I had though "we're done",
Someone wrote another one,
This ain't no dadburned homily
This is the whole durned family
And now's the time for me to state....
"Let's keep it up, this stuff is great!"
Posted by: dave | November 11, 2003 09:28 AM
Keep in mind...toilet water has already been invented and is sold at many fine (and not-so-fine) women's stores.
Mmmmmm....margarita....
Posted by: Rah | January 31, 2004 01:03 AM