tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post1627376658739481413..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Don't drink the waterGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-41753076383005080412016-03-15T18:50:39.584-07:002016-03-15T18:50:39.584-07:00When I worked in an office supply store, I had thi...When I worked in an office supply store, I had this customer who seemed like a totally normal person—until he told me about his alkaline water business. I'll admit he didn't pitch me any mumbo-jumbo about vortexes and ions, but he did enthusiastically assure me that his high-alkaline water could "cure every disease known to man." Right...<br />I mean seriously, how could anyone believe that any ONE thing could cure every disease known to humanity? The whole idea should be bizarre to anyone with half a brain cell.<br />I kind of wanted to ask for his customer list so I could sell all those people this bridge in Brooklyn I've been trying to unload...Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459167602091243067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-42431304518877846662016-03-14T06:38:45.667-07:002016-03-14T06:38:45.667-07:00These pretzels are making me thirsty.These pretzels are making me thirsty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060320380946062423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-87894955871592802862016-03-14T06:26:37.750-07:002016-03-14T06:26:37.750-07:00We have something similar here in Hoppers Crossing...We have something similar here in Hoppers Crossing. The (very gullible) local city Council gave a business award to a company makng quantum frequency enhanced water bottles which uses homeopathic methods to remove all the evil influences that have accumulated in our normal water. They seem to be related to another crowd which markets the Powerband, a plastic hologram printed wrist band which apparently uses quantum frequencies to rebalance your body. That item has been debunked by the Australian and New Zealand Therapeutic Goods Administration and the sellers prosecuted successfully by the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495547587248198077noreply@blogger.com