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Not that we're going to be spending any time lounging at the new Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago anytime soon. Especially seeing as how they have a $25 bottle of water in their minibar.
The Sun-Times reports on the amenities stocked in the minibars of the Trump hotel rooms. Local toffee maker Terry's Toffee makes the cut (with the expected over-the-top praise for Trump from owner Terry Opalek). The most inane high-ticket item in the bar is Bling H2O. Bottled from a Tennessee spring located "in the middle of 120 acres of virgin forest," the real selling point of Bling H2O is the BeDazzled and frosted Swarovski crystal bottle (think Grey Goose or Belvedere) holding the water. We aren't above paying a premium for quality; it's only been a few weeks since we paid $40 for a bottle of beer. However, if we've learned anything from hip-hop stars and vapid heiresses, it's that anything is better if it comes to you in a frosted bottle. So if you do buy a bottle of Bling H2O, pass it around and pour some out for the homies that ain't here no more.
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pure insanity. by the way, your link for bling h20 sends you to the toffee website
I'm a pretty moderate sort, but reading about this hotel has tempted me to dust off that old copy of "The communist manifesto" I have laying around and then start stockpiling weapons for the revolution.
Seeing as the hotel's in the city, actual cost is probably $25.05, right?
Awww, that bottle looks so pretty...for me to poop on!
If people want to pay $25 for a bottle of water, I say, more power to the people who are able to sell it to them. Seriously. Good job. I commend you. If I had the know-how or the resources, I would try to run the exact same scam, and I wouldn't feel bad about it for even one second.
this why people hate america and why i love it...mad props to chuck for reminding us to show respect for the homies that ain't here no more.
I fixed the link to Bling H2O. Enjoy, y'all.
Vit! I'm gonna put you on my book club list!
Course I thought Das Kapital was better, but I guess you can see my leanings
WWJD?
I'm no theologian, but I would have to think that if Jesus were still alive today, he would probably be drinking Bling H2O...
I mean, what else is he gonna drink, tap water?? C'mon, he's the son of God for chrissake!
And the Son of God, being a humble carpenter from Bethlehem, would make do with tap water
fyi, i believe jesus was from nazareth
Technically, he was born in Jerusalem and hailed from Nazareth (twelve years of parochial schooling), but I hear ya...
You've got a point, but only until the savvy marketing people at Bling H20 present Him with a record-breaking nine-figure endorsement deal that not even He could turn down. He wouldn't even have to actually handle the tainted money; it could go right to His favorite charity instead...
you both are right, it turns out he was born in bethlehem and grew up in nazareth. i thought it was the opposite for some reason
Recession?
What "Recession"?
I thought he was pulled from the rib cage of the first The Dalai Lamba, which is why he is called the Lamb of Gawd?
I am reminded of the words of President Eisenhower:
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, (and every $25 bottle of water we drink,) signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
I'd buy one, just to keep the bottle. I've done the same thing with interesting wine and liquor bottles.
I'll gladly pay $40.00 for the bottle that's resting against the bare ass on the Bling H2O website. Note to Bling: get even more creative with the bottle and said bare bottomed lady and I'll turn over my credit card number now.
You Monde G, can you imagine any president saying that today? And old boy was a republican too! And he also said "be ware of the military industrial complex"! Deep!
"I mean, what else is he gonna drink, tap water?? C'mon, he's the son of God for chrissake!"
OK, I have to ask - wouldn't turning the tap water into BlingH20 be more his style?