Sports water?

An object lesson in 'less is more:'

For the move, I bought a bunch of refreshments for the folks who helped. One of the things I purchased was a 12 pack of 'Sports water.'

I 'm aware that I'm in a minority here, but I like the things I consume to taste like the things I'm consuming. For instance: I like turkey. I like ham. But I'm not a fan of turkey ham.

Similarly, I like my coffee coffee-flavored, not hazelnut, or french vanilla, or some other ice-cream flavor.*

And, after drinking a mango-flavored Propel, I can add that I like my water--you guessed it--water-flavored.

Remember when when you were a kid, and you'd come home all hot and sweaty from playing outside during the summer, and your mom had made a pitcher of Kool-Aid yesterday because you were hot and sweaty then too, and had put lots of ice cubes in the pitcher because the water wasn't all that cold, but then she put the pitcher with the ice cubes in the fridge, but now the ice cubes all melted, and what you drank was just this really watered down Kool-Aid, and you drank it anyway because that's all that was cold and your mom wouldn't make any more until this pitcher was finished, and it just wasn't as good as yesterdays?

Remember?

Well, they bottled that and called it Propel.

It's watered down Kool-Aid.

I know corporations are a bunch of greedy bastards, but do we have to make it so damned easy for them?

"Excuse me, Mister Fornortonor, but are you suggesting we put less flavoring in our drinks, and charge more for it?"

"Yes, Mister Golwhinkie, if we repackage it and give it a nice active name, all the fitness freaks will buy it!"

And on another move-related note, my one cat still only comes out at night, after everyone else is asleep. During the rest of the day he's catatonic.

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Yeharr

*although I must confess I do kindasorta like coffee-flavored ice cream...