2/5: Scorpion wine

Undertoad · 02-05-2002, 11:22 AM

Of all the dopey...! This is in northern Thailand, where they believe that rice wine fermented with scorpions in it can cure disease, increase sexual potency, and remove the thatch out of your lawn, make all the kids grow up to be above average, etc.

But then again, there are too many quack devices and products here in the US too. If you watch a lot of cable TV as I do, and listen to mainstream radio, you are just as likely to see and hear about hundreds of bogus medical things. Especially fitness-related, weight-loss, and herbal products. Half of what is advertised is lightly-concealed fraud. It really ticks me off, personally, but... what're yuh gonna do?

02-05-2002, 11:31 AM

Drink some scorpion wine to help grow the muscles and then go beat some ass!

I used to watch a lot of TV and I'd see the most ridiculous products advertised. One has to wonder how they could possibly do what they say they're going to when they're selling SuperGizmo Plus Gold Edition for "ONLY NINETEEN NINETY FIVE!" I just don't see how they could possibly recoup any development costs on this amazing product if they're selling it for less than it should cost to put together anyway. Oh well. I don't buy junk off TV

CyclopONE · 02-05-2002, 12:29 PM

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Originally posted by dhamsaic
One has to wonder how they could possibly do what they say they're going to when they're selling SuperGizmo Plus Gold Edition for "ONLY NINETEEN NINETY FIVE!" I just don't see how they could possibly recoup any development costs on this amazing product if they're selling it for less than it should cost to put together anyway.

The thing that most of these sales pitch is that they emphasize the "19.95", but quietly say things like "5 EASY payments of *ONLY 19.95!!!*". Anyone that bites on that deserve it.

On a side note, for those of you in the US who may have seen those "Abtronic" commericals or something similar, I've often thought that these devices only emphasize the laziness of American Culture through TV. It irks me so much that I've started writing a short story about a fat guy who watches 8 hours of TV a day (he has a full time job) and gets hooked on Abtronic. Pretty soon, this guy is watching TV while multiple abtronic devices are running on his body. Thighs, abs, calfs, biceps, shoulders, face, you name it.

<Sarcasm>
**LEGAL DISCLAIMER**: The idea contained in the preceding paragraph is copyright, trademark, patent pending, all rights reserved 2002 to me. Use it at your leisure. =)
</Sarcasm>

-Cyc

02-05-2002, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CyclopONE
It irks me so much that I've started writing a short story...

And they say we Americans have too much free time!

The question is - do you write it while using an Abtronic? :whofarted

CyclopONE · 02-05-2002, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dhamsaic
The question is - do you write it while using an Abtronic? :whofarted

LMAO!!!!

Ah, dham, I laughed so much at that I probably dont' need one!

-Cyc

Griff · 02-05-2002, 01:09 PM

drink enough scorpion wine and you won't need one either

warch · 02-05-2002, 01:33 PM

Scorpion Wine....arent they that 70s band out of Thunder Bay? Yeah, I remember they had that album "Muscle Boned" with the chart topping hit "Fragrant Lies.."

02-05-2002, 01:41 PM

I thought it was "Flagrant Lies", but maybe my memory escapes me...

warch · 02-05-2002, 01:53 PM

Vagrant Flies? Variant Cries? Vibrant Thai-s?

Nic Name · 02-05-2002, 08:50 PM

02-06-2002, 08:08 AM

That dish, served with live scorpions, is known as <b>Pad Ballsy</b>.

SteveDallas · 02-06-2002, 11:04 AM

Oh, my bad, I thought this had something to do with King Scorpion, the ancient pre-dynastic Egyptian ruler.

With a new movie starring The Rock, coming to theaters near you!!

matt · 02-06-2002, 12:34 PM

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Originally posted by kbarger
With a new movie starring The Rock, coming to theaters near you!!

Just wait for the Stone Cold Steve Austin run-in about 12 minutes in.

jeni · 02-06-2002, 01:37 PM

/me rolls her eyes.

SteveDallas · 02-06-2002, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CyclopONE

It irks me so much that I've started writing a short story about a fat guy who watches 8 hours of TV a day (he has a full time job) and gets hooked on Abtronic. Pretty soon, this guy is watching TV while multiple abtronic devices are running on his body. Thighs, abs, calfs, biceps, shoulders, face, you name it.

<Sarcasm>
**LEGAL DISCLAIMER**: The idea contained in the preceding paragraph is copyright, trademark, patent pending, all rights reserved 2002 to me. Use it at your leisure. =)
</Sarcasm>

-Cyc

Actually, this is similar to something that was in "The Diamond Age," by Neal Stephenson. One of the characters had nanotech implants in his body that constantly stimulated his muscles to build up more strength. (This was Nell & Harv's dad, who gets killed near the beginning of the book.)

02-05-2002, 11:22 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/5: Scorpion wine Of all the dopey...! This is in northern Thailand, where they believe that rice wine fermented with scorpions in it can cure disease, increase sexual potency, and remove the thatch out of your lawn, make all the kids grow up to be above average, etc. But then again, there are too many quack devices and products here in the US too. If you watch a lot of cable TV as I do, and listen to mainstream radio, you are just as likely to see and hear about hundreds of bogus medical things. Especially fitness-related, weight-loss, and herbal products. Half of what is advertised is lightly-concealed fraud. It really ticks me off, personally, but... what're yuh gonna do?

02-05-2002, 08:50 PM	#10
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	mmm Thai

02-05-2002, 11:31 AM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Drink some scorpion wine to help grow the muscles and then go beat some ass! I used to watch a lot of TV and I'd see the most ridiculous products advertised. One has to wonder how they could possibly do what they say they're going to when they're selling SuperGizmo Plus Gold Edition for "ONLY NINETEEN NINETY FIVE!" I just don't see how they could possibly recoup any development costs on this amazing product if they're selling it for less than it should cost to put together anyway. Oh well. I don't buy junk off TV

02-05-2002, 01:09 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	drink enough scorpion wine and you won't need one either

02-05-2002, 01:33 PM	#7
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Scorpion Wine....arent they that 70s band out of Thunder Bay? Yeah, I remember they had that album "Muscle Boned" with the chart topping hit "Fragrant Lies.."

02-05-2002, 01:41 PM	#8
dave Guest Posts: n/a	I thought it was "Flagrant Lies", but maybe my memory escapes me...

02-05-2002, 01:53 PM	#9
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Vagrant Flies? Variant Cries? Vibrant Thai-s?

02-06-2002, 08:08 AM	#11
dave Guest Posts: n/a	That dish, served with live scorpions, is known as <b>Pad Ballsy</b>.

02-06-2002, 11:04 AM	#12
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Oh, my bad, I thought this had something to do with King Scorpion, the ancient pre-dynastic Egyptian ruler. With a new movie starring The Rock, coming to theaters near you!!

02-06-2002, 01:37 PM	#14
jeni is stuck on altair-4 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: santa cruz, california Posts: 514	/me rolls her eyes.

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