Bottled water
 

OK, take this for what it's worth, but a friend of mine from law school said that Nalgene was a hypocritical company who was NOT animal friendly. She said the fact that there was a mountain lion or some such animal on the bottle was hypocrisy at it's highest form. Nalgene did some sort of animal testing - geez I wish I could remember what it was, but my friend is a real animal activist - no meat, no leather ( I felt bad when she sat in my leather seats - but oh well). Anyway - that's her story about Nalgene - take it or leave it.

Bottled water
 

Is this why these are so popular? My teenaged niece just requested that one be sent to her at camp (with very specific instructions about which colors are acceptable). I was trying to figure out what advantage they have over other water bottles, besides some kind of camping chic that alludes to being one who kayaks.

Edited to add that I wrote this before I saw Burger's post with colors and kayaking joke.

Drinking w/out getting lipstick on the glass.
 

Do Metrosexuals ever wear lipstick? There may be a whole new market for instruction on how to drink w/out getting lipstick on the glass.

Worst Film Accent?
 

Off the top of my head:

Robert Redford in Out of Africa (someone named Dennis Fynch Hatton really should have a British accent)

Keanu Reeves in Dangerous Liasons

This will make people put down the cookies
 

I think the Nobel Prize for Advertising goes to the guy who dreamed up the ingredients on the side of the box of Wheat Thins:

Ingredients: Whole wheat flour (contains riboflavin, thiamine, potassium, folacin, folic acid, vital gluten, filtered water, etc.), sugar, . . . .

Bottled water
 

Okay, but don't come after me. We were taught this in dancing school between cha-chas so we would be able to be good executive arm candy at hubby's office parties. When taking a drink, verry slightly lower your lower lip and place the tips of your lower teeth against the rim of the glass. Sip without touching your upper lip to the glass. Voila! No lipstick mark. Now, of course, they have these newfangled long-wearing lipsticks--but as I prefer gloss, it still comes in handy.

And in other news, now you can download music without getting ratted out to the feds!:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/interne....ap/index.html

Not that I'd ever do that. :seenno:

Bottled water
 

According to these sites, the bitch against Nalgene is that it makes other products that permit others to engage in animal testing.

http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/about/whitepaper.html
http://www.geocities.com/veganfreedom/nalgene.html

*Posted for your info only with no personal comment.

Worst Film Accent?
 

Don Cheadle in Ocean's 11.

Bottled water
 

Here's their statement: Nalgene link. I'm not quite sure what it says, but they seem to claim they don't use animals to test. That said, they are a chemical company selling products used to contain food and water. I'd rather know if something leaches out of their containers by testing on rats than on me.

Bottled water
 

http://www.karstsports.com/nalprod.html

I found this link with all kinds of nalgene bottles. Lexan, Poly, Film.

Do they have a plasticky smell to them?

Bottled water
 

Did you ever get this to work? Not that I'm wearing (or ever wear) lipstick, but I'm trying this on a cup at work, and have quickly come to the realization that the lower lip performs the critical function of keeping the liquid in your mouth.

As for the nalgene, since I don't carry a purse either (no need for one, what without my need for lipstick), I'm not too worried about having it spill over anything of value. I'll just clip it to my belt, and head to work.

Bottled water
 

What would animal testing of a Nalgene bottle entail? "Let's see how many hamsters we can fit inside it." "The bottle completed its passage through the elephant's digestive system without causing apparent discomfort." "Day 47. The polar bear continues to ignore the Nalgene bottle."

Bottled water
 

In a big city, it's dorky.

In Escalante, well...it's probably still dorky, but practical (at times)...

Bottled water
 

No--that's what makes them better than regular water bottles--that and they don't absorb the taste of whatever you put in to them, so it doesn't get condemned to be used i.e. as solely a Gatorade bottle for all time.

P(not a paid spokesperson unfortunately)J

Bottled water
 

They also avoid the "bacteria in the refilled bottle" problem the local news reported during sweeps. Those plastic water bottles are bad, bad, bad no matter how often you run them through the dishwasher.