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Am I Missing Something Here? **Frankenstein

  Author:  47699  Category:(Discussion) Created:(10/12/2002 2:22:00 PM)
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We were at an outdoor event last night and we had a good time but the concessions were way over-priced as always. That's to be expected. There were some pretty reasonable deals to be found but we had to look for them. It's always that way. There was one stand where they were charging FOUR dollars for an order of French fries and it was SIX dollars for just a little bit of Chinese food at another place. There were these two ladies who were actually trying to get twelve or fifteen dollars each for caramel apples! That takes a whole lot of nerve and I didn't see them sell a single one. That's as it should be. We passed on those things. We ended up getting two pork barbeque sandwiches, two bags of potato chips and two drinks for six dollars and that wasn't too bad. At another place, we got two hot dogs and two drinks for four dollars. That was okay too. I expect that many things are going to be expensive at affairs like that but there is one thing that I just can't understand for the life of me. There was one stand that we passed by a few times and everytime we did, I just walked by shaking my head in a combination of disgust and disbelief. A regular twelve ounce canned soft drink was selling for a dollar but a little bottle of water was TWO dollars! Excuse me? Water? TWO dollars? Are you kidding me? What is it that I'm missing here? Am I mistaken or can I stay here at home and drink water all day long every day for practically free? The worst part is that I'm sure there were some idiots who were actually stupid enough to shell out that kind of cash for it. Most restaurants won't charge for a drink if you just get water and most fast fast food places will just give you a large cup of iced water if you ask for it. At the very most, they might charge a nickel or maybe a dime for the cup. That makes sense but TWO dollars for a little bottle of water? That's absolute insanity in my book. I have seen segments about bottled water on shows like 20/20 and 60 Minutes over the years and most of that water is nothing more than what you can get out of the tap. I can vividly remember a hidden camera showing a guy filling bottles with his water hose. What a scam! I live right in the middle of the Great Smoky Mountains and I could legally set up a company called Frank's Smoky Mountain Water, bottle what comes out of my tap and sell it for an exhorbitant amount. Yeah, I could get rich that way but I won't do it because I have morals. Our city water here tastes good, unlike that in some areas, and I'm sure that there would be plenty who would be happy believing that it was something pure which had flowed right off of a beautiful mountain. We're going back to that event tonight and guess what...I won't be drinking any water there.

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Date: 10/12/2002 2:25:00 PM  From Authorid: 49498    At least you werent at woodstock...It was like 12 bucks for a little 12oz bottle. I would have just joined the mud people...things are so overpriced now it isnt even funny  
Date: 10/12/2002 2:33:00 PM  From Authorid: 53052    i could to back home up north and bottle "pissing tree" water.. this is an actual real thing.. there is a tree upnorth with a mountian fed river running right past it and a pipe that goes through the tree where the water then runs through it... and it's called "the pissing tree" everyone in my hometwn knows about it and it's some of the best water up north... but i ask you would you buy a bottle of water that came from a "peeing tree"??  
Date: 10/12/2002 2:40:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 47699    I know what you mean, MMan. Midnightly, it's all in the marketing. People will buy anything if they know how to market it. I know these guys who used to go to farms and collect pieces of dried-up cow feces. They would shellac them, glue a few feathers and fake eyes on them and mount them on little blocks of wood. They made a fair amount selling them in the mountains to the tourists. Believe it or not, they were called, "Tennessee Turd Birds." Yep! It's all about marketing.  
Date: 10/12/2002 2:42:00 PM  From Authorid: 55040    at edgefest (a concert thing) any bottled anything was two fifty, and it sucked but i payed for it cause i was thirsty--The End  
Date: 10/12/2002 3:39:00 PM  From Authorid: 21867    Maaaaate...that ridiculous...like whenever I go to a Rugby Game at the Stadium in the city. The Food and Beverage kiosks at the Stadium charge ya like 5 or 6 bucks of a little HamBurger...and the same for a beer...like 3 times what you would pay outside the Stadium. Having already shelled out $60 for a ticket to the game ya would think they would be a little cheaper...guess not, squeeze ever last cent outa ya man. Peace,  
Date: 10/12/2002 3:42:00 PM  From Authorid: 34775    Metalliman, I was at Woodstock 94 the 25th year reunion. It was pretty bad there too, we were so hungry, my friend Kelly bought a "Dominoes Pizza" and was going to share it...he opened it up and it was tomato paste on some crust with some parmesan cheese sprinkled on the top of it...for FIFTEEN BUCKS! lmao! He didn't even share, because it was only about 5 inches in diameter, and it was totally evident that it was not going to fill him up, let alone anyone else. They were much better to us at 94, however than at the last one (and more than likely final).. They had plenty of water fawcetts and stuff set up all over...plenty of FREE water. Plus, it rained the whole time anyway...lol.  
Date: 10/12/2002 3:59:00 PM  From Authorid: 46527    But it's not 'designer' water that comes out of the taps dear brother...lol!  
Date: 10/12/2002 4:16:00 PM  From Authorid: 14780    where i live you would gladly pay for bottled water...lol...  
Date: 10/12/2002 4:55:00 PM  From Authorid: 57232    don't be surprised if you see my father there tonight trying to pick up some chicks! He loves to drive up to Tennesee a lot, I haven't been since I went to Harrah's. Well anyways, do the check you at the gates when you walk in? Maybe bring a bookbag with water that you have put into the fridge for a substantial amt. of time. That's what I did last time.  
Date: 10/12/2002 6:50:00 PM  From Authorid: 53900    I always bring my own drinks to places like that but anyhow we were at this mall here in Florida that had soda machines it was on International Drive (that is where all the tourists stay) and they had soda machines where the sodas all cost 3.50 a piece.  
Date: 10/12/2002 7:32:00 PM  From Authorid: 57232    Umm I thought I might clarify something....I went to NC and Tenn in the span of a couple of days, and that's when I went to Harrah's, I didn't want to be too confusing...I just thought about this! I was watching the Dead Zone movie on Turner South and it had an ad for the Great Smoky Mtns. so I came back....I need to go lie back down!  
Date: 6/4/2005 9:42:00 AM  From Authorid: 7574    lol..RIP  

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