PEOPLE BUY BOTTLES OF HOT DOG WATER, THINKING IT’S GOOD FOR THEM

At Vancouver’s annual Car Free Day festival, one booth offered an unusual new product – unfiltered Hot Dog Water. Doug Bevans, an artist and tour operator (* But mostly a tour operator, probably), says he came up with the idea as a commentary on the “snake oil salesmen” of health marketing. He filled glass bottles with water and added a single hotdog, slapped an expensive-looking label on them, and sold them for an “event price” of $37.99. He put out a sign saying the water would help the drinker “lose weight, increase brain function, look younger, and increase vitality.” At the bottom of the label, in small print, it read, “Hot Dog Water in its absurdity hopes to encourage critical thinking related to product marketing and the significant role it can play in our purchasing choices.” Bevans sold 60 litres (16 gallons) of hot dog water at the festival.
* Ha ha ha ha ha ha lawsuit.
* For an extra $5 he’ll add a squirt of mustard.
* Wiener move, dude.
* Those people were idiots. I make my own Hot Dog Water at home for less than a buck a bottle!