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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Hypatia Kosh" |
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28 May 2004 04:30:22 PM |
| Object: |
AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages? Can't I
get myself a frelling cup of afternoon tea without being assaulted
with all sorts of new age ramblings and woo-woo nonsense? I'm
referring, of course, to two great offenders, Tazo (a shame, it's good
tea) and Celestial Seasonings (ditto, except for the fact that they've
abandoned delicious herbal flavors for ginseng-doped concoctions). I
won't even buy Yogi tea for the crap on the box, even if it is pretty
good. (I'm somewhat suspicious of that brand, perhaps unfairly, since
someone of my acquaintance who drank it once gave me some "herbal" tea
for a cold, swearing there were no drugs in it. It turned out to be
full of ephedra. My blood pressure went crazy, my sinuses went dry as
a bone, and I didn't sleep for over 24 hours. I don't speak to that
person anymore.)
Now, I won't argue that tea-time is often a time for reflection. (For
me, reflection on the vaguaries of life--specifically, the atrocious
indoor allergies that I'm afflicted with, that drive me to drink cup
after cup of hot tea in the middle of the summer.) But what's with
this idiocy about tea-drinking leading to visions? (I don't think I
want to be drinking that kind of tea--I'm insane enough as it is!)
I mean, it must be effective marketing. (Actually, I ended up buying
Tazo because of effective distribution--it's sold in Starbucks and
Store 24, so I know the brand and know it's good.) I don't like the
thought that drinking tea (delicious tea!) places me firmly among
chakra-stabilizers and crystal polishers and English-teacher types
with soft voices, dangling earrings, and dream-catchers in their cars.
You don't see metaphysical ramblings on a nice hunk of beef. Or a
gallon of fresh apple cider. Or on a vat of tasty home-made vanilla
soft-serve ice cream. Arrrrrrrrr....
-Hypatia Kosh
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"On Star Trek, I played Lt. Sulu, helmsman of the Starship Enterprise.
But every night, when I went home, I was Admiral of my own bathtub."
--George Takei, on The Late Show with Conan O'Brian
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| User: "Clayton of Sunnybrook Farm" |
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| Title: Re: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 07:28:33 PM |
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"Hypatia Kosh" <berli@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com...
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages?
Get an airtight container. When you get home, put the tea bags in it and
throw away the box without reading it. You can enjoy your cuppa in peace
then.
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| User: "Another Apostate" |
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| Title: Re: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 04:40:43 PM |
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--
"Hypatia Kosh" <berli@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com...
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages? Can't I
get myself a frelling cup of afternoon tea without being assaulted
with all sorts of new age ramblings and woo-woo nonsense? I'm
referring, of course, to two great offenders, Tazo (a shame, it's good
tea) and Celestial Seasonings (ditto, except for the fact that they've
abandoned delicious herbal flavors for ginseng-doped concoctions). I
won't even buy Yogi tea for the crap on the box, even if it is pretty
good. (I'm somewhat suspicious of that brand, perhaps unfairly, since
someone of my acquaintance who drank it once gave me some "herbal" tea
for a cold, swearing there were no drugs in it. It turned out to be
full of ephedra. My blood pressure went crazy, my sinuses went dry as
a bone, and I didn't sleep for over 24 hours. I don't speak to that
person anymore.)
Now, I won't argue that tea-time is often a time for reflection. (For
me, reflection on the vaguaries of life--specifically, the atrocious
indoor allergies that I'm afflicted with, that drive me to drink cup
after cup of hot tea in the middle of the summer.) But what's with
this idiocy about tea-drinking leading to visions? (I don't think I
want to be drinking that kind of tea--I'm insane enough as it is!)
I mean, it must be effective marketing. (Actually, I ended up buying
Tazo because of effective distribution--it's sold in Starbucks and
Store 24, so I know the brand and know it's good.) I don't like the
thought that drinking tea (delicious tea!) places me firmly among
chakra-stabilizers and crystal polishers and English-teacher types
with soft voices, dangling earrings, and dream-catchers in their cars.
You don't see metaphysical ramblings on a nice hunk of beef. Or a
gallon of fresh apple cider. Or on a vat of tasty home-made vanilla
soft-serve ice cream. Arrrrrrrrr....
-Hypatia Kosh
It seems to be the current trend as with all the homeopathic and "all
natural" rubbish they have been selling lately. The TV ads are accompanied
with an almost, but not quite, completely illegible disclaimer that "these
statements have not been evaluated by the FDA". It's amazing how stupid the
marketing people assume consumers are.
Another Apostate
anotherapo@hotmail.com
aa #2182
"If you are ethical only because you believe in God, you are buying your
ticket to heaven or trying to tear up your ticket to hell. In either case,
you are just being a shrewd profiteer, nothing else. The idea of being
ethical is to be ethical for no reason except that that is the way to be if
you want the world to run smoothly. I think that people who say virtue is
its own reward or honesty is the best policy have the right idea."
-Issac Asimov
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| User: "Sara Brum" |
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| Title: Re: New-Age Tea Bags |
29 May 2004 12:00:58 AM |
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"Another Apostate" <AnotherApo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:vlOtc.972$DG4.492@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
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"Hypatia Kosh" <berli@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com...
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages? Can't I
get myself a frelling cup of afternoon tea without being assaulted
with all sorts of new age ramblings and woo-woo nonsense? I'm
referring, of course, to two great offenders, Tazo (a shame, it's good
tea) and Celestial Seasonings (ditto, except for the fact that they've
abandoned delicious herbal flavors for ginseng-doped concoctions). I
won't even buy Yogi tea for the crap on the box, even if it is pretty
good. (I'm somewhat suspicious of that brand, perhaps unfairly, since
someone of my acquaintance who drank it once gave me some "herbal" tea
for a cold, swearing there were no drugs in it. It turned out to be
full of ephedra. My blood pressure went crazy, my sinuses went dry as
a bone, and I didn't sleep for over 24 hours. I don't speak to that
person anymore.)
Now, I won't argue that tea-time is often a time for reflection. (For
me, reflection on the vaguaries of life--specifically, the atrocious
indoor allergies that I'm afflicted with, that drive me to drink cup
after cup of hot tea in the middle of the summer.) But what's with
this idiocy about tea-drinking leading to visions? (I don't think I
want to be drinking that kind of tea--I'm insane enough as it is!)
I mean, it must be effective marketing. (Actually, I ended up buying
Tazo because of effective distribution--it's sold in Starbucks and
Store 24, so I know the brand and know it's good.) I don't like the
thought that drinking tea (delicious tea!) places me firmly among
chakra-stabilizers and crystal polishers and English-teacher types
with soft voices, dangling earrings, and dream-catchers in their cars.
You don't see metaphysical ramblings on a nice hunk of beef. Or a
gallon of fresh apple cider. Or on a vat of tasty home-made vanilla
soft-serve ice cream. Arrrrrrrrr....
-Hypatia Kosh
It seems to be the current trend as with all the homeopathic and "all
natural" rubbish they have been selling lately. The TV ads are accompanied
with an almost, but not quite, completely illegible disclaimer that "these
statements have not been evaluated by the FDA". It's amazing how stupid
the
marketing people assume consumers are.
It's depressing how often they're right.
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: New-Age Tea Bags |
01 Jun 2004 08:06:49 AM |
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Another Apostate wrote:
It seems to be the current trend as with all the homeopathic and "all
natural" rubbish they have been selling lately. The TV ads are accompanied
with an almost, but not quite, completely illegible disclaimer that "these
statements have not been evaluated by the FDA". It's amazing how stupid the
marketing people assume consumers are.
Actually, you can blame Congress. A few years ago, they passed a law (that
Clinton signed) allowing companies to sell "nutritional suppliments" without the
strict testing that had been required under the Pure Food and Drug Act. Because
of the intense lobbying of quack providers, we are once again back to the day of
patent remedies and miracle nostrums.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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| User: "Andrew Lias" |
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02 Jun 2004 07:59:29 AM |
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On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 06:06:49 -0700, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:
Another Apostate wrote:
It seems to be the current trend as with all the homeopathic and "all
natural" rubbish they have been selling lately. The TV ads are accompanied
with an almost, but not quite, completely illegible disclaimer that "these
statements have not been evaluated by the FDA". It's amazing how stupid the
marketing people assume consumers are.
Actually, you can blame Congress. A few years ago, they passed a law (that
Clinton signed) allowing companies to sell "nutritional suppliments" without the
strict testing that had been required under the Pure Food and Drug Act. Because
of the intense lobbying of quack providers, we are once again back to the day of
patent remedies and miracle nostrums.
Worse, the FDA can only get involved if there is an obvious and
manifest danger to the public. This is why it took so long to get
ephinedra off of the market in spite of numerous documented deaths
caused by it.
The herbal lobby is big and powerful and there's more than a little
bit of pork in those remedies, if you catch my drift.
--
Andrew Lias
http://andrewlias.blogspot.com
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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28 May 2004 04:46:29 PM |
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On Fri, 28 May 2004 21:40:43 GMT, "Another Apostate"
<AnotherApo@hotmail.com> wrote:
It seems to be the current trend as with all the homeopathic and "all
natural" rubbish they have been selling lately. The TV ads are accompanied
with an almost, but not quite, completely illegible disclaimer that "these
statements have not been evaluated by the FDA". It's amazing how stupid the
marketing people assume consumers are.
I know. I was channel surfing and they were selling one of the usual
scams - forget which one. Probably make-your-*****-bigger pills because
they seem to have stopped instant slimming pills. The guy said it was
all natural and the woman said "so it's safe and healthy". Deadly
nightshade, fugu fish, hemlock, foxglove (digitalis) etc are all
natural too. Even poison ivy.
It's pathetic.
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| User: "Pat Kiewicz" |
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29 May 2004 07:14:10 AM |
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Hypatia Kosh said:
<snip stuff about mystical claims for various brands of tea>
I mean, it must be effective marketing. (Actually, I ended up buying
Tazo because of effective distribution--it's sold in Starbucks and
Store 24, so I know the brand and know it's good.) I don't like the
thought that drinking tea (delicious tea!) places me firmly among
chakra-stabilizers and crystal polishers and English-teacher types
with soft voices, dangling earrings, and dream-catchers in their cars.
You don't see metaphysical ramblings on a nice hunk of beef. Or a
gallon of fresh apple cider. Or on a vat of tasty home-made vanilla
soft-serve ice cream. Arrrrrrrrr....
I think you are suffering from a shortage of ketchup. You know, ketchup has natural
mellowing agents...
http://search.publicradio.org/phc/query.html?col=mpr&qc=mpr&qp=site%3Aprairiehom
e.publicradio.org&qt=Ketchup+Advisory+Board&x=22&y=15
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Pat K. aa#1154 ('someplace.net' is comcast)
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)
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| User: "Nivlem" |
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28 May 2004 07:04:10 PM |
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Hypatia Kosh wrote:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages? Can't I
get myself a frelling cup of afternoon tea without being assaulted
with all sorts of new age ramblings and woo-woo nonsense? I'm
referring, of course, to two great offenders, Tazo (a shame, it's good
tea) and Celestial Seasonings (ditto, except for the fact that they've
abandoned delicious herbal flavors for ginseng-doped concoctions). I
won't even buy Yogi tea for the crap on the box, even if it is pretty
good. (I'm somewhat suspicious of that brand, perhaps unfairly, since
someone of my acquaintance who drank it once gave me some "herbal" tea
for a cold, swearing there were no drugs in it. It turned out to be
full of ephedra. My blood pressure went crazy, my sinuses went dry as
a bone, and I didn't sleep for over 24 hours. I don't speak to that
person anymore.)
Now, I won't argue that tea-time is often a time for reflection. (For
me, reflection on the vaguaries of life--specifically, the atrocious
indoor allergies that I'm afflicted with, that drive me to drink cup
after cup of hot tea in the middle of the summer.) But what's with
this idiocy about tea-drinking leading to visions? (I don't think I
want to be drinking that kind of tea--I'm insane enough as it is!)
I mean, it must be effective marketing. (Actually, I ended up buying
Tazo because of effective distribution--it's sold in Starbucks and
Store 24, so I know the brand and know it's good.) I don't like the
thought that drinking tea (delicious tea!) places me firmly among
chakra-stabilizers and crystal polishers and English-teacher types
with soft voices, dangling earrings, and dream-catchers in their cars.
You don't see metaphysical ramblings on a nice hunk of beef. Or a
gallon of fresh apple cider. Or on a vat of tasty home-made vanilla
soft-serve ice cream. Arrrrrrrrr....
-Hypatia Kosh
--
"On Star Trek, I played Lt. Sulu, helmsman of the Starship Enterprise.
But every night, when I went home, I was Admiral of my own bathtub."
--George Takei, on The Late Show with Conan O'Brian
2 things. New Age hippy "spiritual" nonsense is, whether the Republican
Party or the sheepshaggers in Nebraska know it or not, on its way to
becoming the dominant religion in America. These companies are merely
seeking to surf that trend wave Then there's the fact that they want to
make various claims for their product, which if given double-blind
testing in the world that is, would be discovered for the complete lies
that they are. So presto! Put the claims in the context of nontestable
metaphysical mumbo-jumbo, and the problem goes away. They get to say
nearly any silly thing they'd like. Personally, I find that form of
marketing so offensive, I simply refuse to buy any of the products you
mentioned, ever.
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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01 Jun 2004 08:17:30 AM |
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If there is a coop or some other place nearby where you can get "fresh"
dried herbs (ie doesn't sit around for a long time), try making up your
own blends. Alfalfa mint is pretty good (2 parts dried peppermint to 1
part dried alfalfa) and mixing rose hips (the fruit that forms on most
garden roses if you don't pick the flowers), hyssop and lemon peel will
give you a ringer for Red Zinger. Not only can you get what you want
without all the New Agey saccharine, it will be much cheaper and you can
blend to suit your tastes.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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| User: "Sean C" |
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28 May 2004 07:03:18 PM |
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In article <fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com>, Hypatia
Kosh <berli@lycos.com> wrote:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages? Can't I
get myself a frelling cup of afternoon tea without being assaulted
with all sorts of new age ramblings and woo-woo nonsense? I'm
referring, of course, to two great offenders, Tazo (a shame, it's good
tea) and Celestial Seasonings (ditto, except for the fact that they've
abandoned delicious herbal flavors for ginseng-doped concoctions). I
won't even buy Yogi tea for the crap on the box, even if it is pretty
good. (I'm somewhat suspicious of that brand, perhaps unfairly, since
someone of my acquaintance who drank it once gave me some "herbal" tea
for a cold, swearing there were no drugs in it. It turned out to be
full of ephedra. My blood pressure went crazy, my sinuses went dry as
a bone, and I didn't sleep for over 24 hours. I don't speak to that
person anymore.)
Oh, I don't think the sayings are all that bad. My box of "Wild Berry
Zinger" from Celestial Seasoning has this quote:
"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but
it comes from within. It is there all the time."--Anna Freud.
That's something I can essentially agree with. Then I have a Celestial
Seasonings refrigerator magnet with a quote from Fracis Bacon:
"Wonder...is the seed of knowledge."
Nothing too New-Agey or religious about those two quotes. And they
still have all the old herbal flavors in my supermarket, anyway.
I think the magnet is a good marketing ploy, as every time I get
something from the fridge I am tempted to have a cup of tea. I have
definitely been drinking a lot more tea since I put the magnet up :)
Sean C
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| User: "Xaonon" |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
29 May 2004 09:03:59 AM |
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Ned i bach <fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com>, Hypatia Kosh
<berli@lycos.com> teithant i thiw hin:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages? Can't I get
myself a frelling cup of afternoon tea without being assaulted with all
sorts of new age ramblings and woo-woo nonsense?
The credulous are a particularly choice demographic, so probably not. For
my part I'm less than pleased that the boxes of my tea of choice (genmaicha,
good stuff) tend to have "Organic" written all over them. What the hell is
this? I just want some good tea, I don't care about its carbon content!
--
Xaonon, EAC Chief of Mad Scientists and informal BAAWA, aa #1821, Kibo #: 1
http://xaonon.dyndns.org/ Guaranteed content-free since 1999. No refunds.
"To fill a world with religion... is like littering the streets with loaded
guns. Do not be surprised if they are used." -- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "Andrew Lias" |
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29 May 2004 09:43:34 AM |
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On 29 May 2004 14:03:59 GMT, Xaonon <xaonon@hotpop.com> wrote:
Ned i bach <fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com>, Hypatia Kosh
<berli@lycos.com> teithant i thiw hin:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages? Can't I get
myself a frelling cup of afternoon tea without being assaulted with all
sorts of new age ramblings and woo-woo nonsense?
The credulous are a particularly choice demographic, so probably not. For
my part I'm less than pleased that the boxes of my tea of choice (genmaicha,
good stuff) tend to have "Organic" written all over them. What the hell is
this? I just want some good tea, I don't care about its carbon content!
That's to protect your from all those nasty inorganic teas on the
market. Nothing like discovering that you've been steeping a pot full
of gravel for the last ten minutes.
--
Andrew Lias
http://andrewlias.blogspot.com
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| User: "Puck Greenman" |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 06:19:57 PM |
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On 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700, (Hypatia Kosh) wrote:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages?
You read tea packages?
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 07:49:42 PM |
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"Puck Greenman" <puck@pooks.hill.fey> wrote in message
news:q7ifb0d07pvgn1pbj1q8ap2pctepiv587d@4ax.com...
On 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700, (Hypatia Kosh) wrote:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages?
There are none on tea packages.
There may be some on infusions that some people refer to as tea but calling
those tea is like calling coffee milk.
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| User: "Clayton of Sunnybrook Farm" |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 07:29:52 PM |
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"Puck Greenman" <puck@pooks.hill.fey> wrote in message
news:q7ifb0d07pvgn1pbj1q8ap2pctepiv587d@4ax.com...
On 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700, (Hypatia Kosh) wrote:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages?
You read tea packages?
I worked out how to use them by myself years ago...and I don't even drink
tea!
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| User: "Puck Greenman" |
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30 May 2004 05:40:13 AM |
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 10:29:52 +1000, "Clayton of Sunnybrook Farm"
<cjfat@BLOCKINGOFTHESPAMphonyemail.com> wrote:
"Puck Greenman" <puck@pooks.hill.fey> wrote in message
news:q7ifb0d07pvgn1pbj1q8ap2pctepiv587d@4ax.com...
On 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700, (Hypatia Kosh) wrote:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages?
You read tea packages?
I worked out how to use them by myself years ago...and I don't even drink
tea!
I did follow the instructions once, just to see what would happen.
Slice of Tea. anyone?
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 07:42:11 PM |
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 00:19:57 +0100 in episode
<q7ifb0d07pvgn1pbj1q8ap2pctepiv587d@4ax.com> we saw our hero Puck Greenman
<puck@pooks.hill.fey>:
On 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700, (Hypatia Kosh) wrote:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages?
You read tea packages?
You think we should get her some magazine subscriptions? <G>
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"I think it's the worst kept secret in Washington.
That everybody - everybody I talk to in Washington
has known and fully knows what [the neo-conservative]
agenda was and what they were trying to do."
[Retired General Anthony Zinni]
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| User: "Puck Greenman" |
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30 May 2004 05:41:16 AM |
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On Fri, 28 May 2004 19:42:11 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<y@hoo.com-amikchi> wrote:
On Sat, 29 May 2004 00:19:57 +0100 in episode
<q7ifb0d07pvgn1pbj1q8ap2pctepiv587d@4ax.com> we saw our hero Puck Greenman
<puck@pooks.hill.fey>:
On 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700, (Hypatia Kosh) wrote:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages?
You read tea packages?
You think we should get her some magazine subscriptions? <G>
Including perhaps, a cookery mag?
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| User: "Andrew Lias" |
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29 May 2004 09:42:27 AM |
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On 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700, (Hypatia Kosh) wrote:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages?
It's just marketing. They're trying to appeal to the people they
percieve to be their core audience (which, apparently, consists of a
couple of aging hippies living in a commune outside of Berkely, but I
digress).
Can't I
get myself a frelling cup of afternoon tea without being assaulted
with all sorts of new age ramblings and woo-woo nonsense?
[...]
If it really bothers you, consider ordering loose tea from a catalog.
A quick look for "loose tea" on catalogs.google.com turned up dozens
of entries.
--
Andrew Lias
http://andrewlias.blogspot.com
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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28 May 2004 05:25:33 PM |
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On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700 in episode
<fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com> we saw our hero
berli@lycos.com (Hypatia Kosh):
I mean, it must be effective marketing.
Or not. Do people really pay attention to the drivel on the package or is
it the taste of the tea that keeps them buying?
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"I think it's the worst kept secret in Washington.
That everybody - everybody I talk to in Washington
has known and fully knows what [the neo-conservative]
agenda was and what they were trying to do."
[Retired General Anthony Zinni]
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| User: "Phÿltêr" |
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30 May 2004 06:12:51 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <y@hoo.com-amikchi> astounded us with:
news:pan.2004.05.28.22.25.29.955079@hoo.com-amikchi:
On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700 in episode
<fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com> we saw our hero
berli@lycos.com (Hypatia Kosh):
I mean, it must be effective marketing.
Or not. Do people really pay attention to the drivel on the package or is
it the taste of the tea that keeps them buying?
Twinings "Earl Grey" and "English Breakfast" suit me, don't need no fancy *****
marketing ***** concoctions...
--
Phÿltêr
Denizen of Darkness #44 & AFJC Antipodean Attaché
http://afjc.clickhalah.com/forum/index.php
Change "freeway" to "hotmail" to respond
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
01 Jun 2004 08:13:02 AM |
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"Phÿltêr" wrote:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <y@hoo.com-amikchi> astounded us with:
news:pan.2004.05.28.22.25.29.955079@hoo.com-amikchi:
On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700 in episode
<fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com> we saw our hero
berli@lycos.com (Hypatia Kosh):
I mean, it must be effective marketing.
Or not. Do people really pay attention to the drivel on the package or is
it the taste of the tea that keeps them buying?
Twinings "Earl Grey" and "English Breakfast" suit me, don't need no fancy *****
marketing ***** concoctions...
If you like black tea. Me, I prefer herbals; I just don't bother with the
marketing hype. Much cheaper -- and ultimately more satisfying -- to buy my own
stuff in bulk. Alfalfa mint, roast chicory with a touch of orange and spice,
hyssop with rose hips and lemon.... mmm!
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Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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| User: "Spooked " |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 05:27:42 PM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <y@hoo.com-amikchi> wrote:
On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700 in episode
<fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com> we saw our hero
berli@lycos.com (Hypatia Kosh):
I mean, it must be effective marketing.
Or not. Do people really pay attention to the drivel on the package or is
it the taste of the tea that keeps them buying?
"Well, they say it works so I thought I'd try it" and after many
purchased packages and failure, "I guess I didn't do something right".
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| User: "Walking on Glass" |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 07:26:01 PM |
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And it came to pass that Spooked <> did write in alt.atheism,
news:34ffb05khl5qj5d82pn1v9evin4v81vbvp@4ax.com:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <y@hoo.com-amikchi> wrote:
On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700 in episode
<fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com> we saw our hero
berli@lycos.com (Hypatia Kosh):
I mean, it must be effective marketing.
Or not. Do people really pay attention to the drivel on the package or
is it the taste of the tea that keeps them buying?
"Well, they say it works so I thought I'd try it" and after many
purchased packages and failure, "I guess I didn't do something right".
That's how religion works. If it didn't work for you, you didn't have
enough faith / didn't pray enough / whatever. But the suckers still keep
buying...
--
Walking on Glass (remove NOSPAM to email me)
AA #2053 Zymurgist #12
"If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or
you can inoculate...Try science"
Carl Sagan - "The Demon-Haunted World"
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| User: "Spooked " |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 08:09:09 PM |
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Walking on Glass <walking_on_glass@hotmailNOSPAM.com> wrote:
And it came to pass that Spooked <> did write in alt.atheism,
news:34ffb05khl5qj5d82pn1v9evin4v81vbvp@4ax.com:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <y@hoo.com-amikchi> wrote:
On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700 in episode
<fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com> we saw our hero
berli@lycos.com (Hypatia Kosh):
I mean, it must be effective marketing.
Or not. Do people really pay attention to the drivel on the package or
is it the taste of the tea that keeps them buying?
"Well, they say it works so I thought I'd try it" and after many
purchased packages and failure, "I guess I didn't do something right".
That's how religion works. If it didn't work for you, you didn't have
enough faith / didn't pray enough / whatever. But the suckers still keep
buying...
I'm so glad someone noticed the cliche!
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 05:28:33 PM |
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On Fri, 28 May 2004 17:25:33 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<y@hoo.com-amikchi> wrote:
On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700 in episode
<fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com> we saw our hero
berli@lycos.com (Hypatia Kosh):
I mean, it must be effective marketing.
Or not. Do people really pay attention to the drivel on the package or is
it the taste of the tea that keeps them buying?
Don't think so. Nobody here knows how to make tea anyway. The water
should be on a rolling boil and very few people in the US do that even
if the instructions on the packet say so.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 07:37:44 PM |
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On Fri, 28 May 2004 22:28:33 +0000 in episode
<m6ffb0l99j81brsingggor16a8s14mc9gm@4ax.com> we saw our hero Christopher
A. Lee <calee@optonline.net>:
On Fri, 28 May 2004 17:25:33 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo" <y@hoo.com-amikchi>
wrote:
On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700 in episode
<fb1e5579.0405281330.39103fd8@posting.google.com> we saw our hero
berli@lycos.com (Hypatia Kosh):
I mean, it must be effective marketing.
Or not. Do people really pay attention to the drivel on the package or is
it the taste of the tea that keeps them buying?
Don't think so. Nobody here knows how to make tea anyway. The water should
be on a rolling boil and very few people in the US do that even if the
instructions on the packet say so.
I know how to make tea. You put it all in the funny widget made by Mr.
Coffee and push the button!
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"I think it's the worst kept secret in Washington.
That everybody - everybody I talk to in Washington
has known and fully knows what [the neo-conservative]
agenda was and what they were trying to do."
[Retired General Anthony Zinni]
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| User: "SMChristenson" |
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| Title: Re: AA: New-Age Tea Bags |
28 May 2004 08:55:55 PM |
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On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:30:22 -0700, Hypatia Kosh wrote:
What's up with all the metaphysical nonsense on tea packages? Can't I
You too? A couple weeks ago I ran out of Stash organic green. That's all
I wanted, a simple organic green. BUT NOOOOOOOOOO!! PMS tea. Bliss tea.
"vitality" tea. Bad friggin' karma tea. GEEZ! Can separate versions of
Buddha, Jesus, Vishnu Loves You tea be far behind?
Haven't gotten on the web yet to see if maybe I can order a case of simple
organic green.
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