Go-od mornin' Houston!

[alexpgp]

I'm getting ready for the first day of the meeting.

En passant, I must note the following curious item: Prominently displayed on a package distributed during yesterday's flight down to Houston, of Chocobillys Chocolate Chunk "cookies with a cause," is a claim that the product - in addition to being 100% "all natural," which I've come to learn means next to nothing - is... drum roll, please...

70% ORGANIC!

Now, I could see crowing about your product being 100% organic, but what's the big deal about 70%? Is that better than average? And why else might one prefer a product that's 70% organic?

It seems to me the number is there as a way to allow the product to display that it is somehow "organic." And while I would imagine these cookies lean more toward the organic side of the house than, say, your typical Hostess Twinkie (which is, perhaps, an extreme example) I find the method used pretty funny.

The cookies were ok, by the way, even if there were only three of them in the bag.

Cheers...

Comments

Speaking of Twinkies

[skipperja.livejournal.com]

One of the desserts at the Decoration Day dinner-on-the-grounds yesterday was a Twinkie pudding; a variation on banana pudding.

Crumbled up Twinkies on the bottom of the dish, then Eagle Brand milk, crushed pineapple, banana slices, and whipped cream.

Pretty good dessert! Would banana and pineapple count as about 50% organic?

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

I'd prefer it if they'd say, "30% Inorganic" or just "Somewhat Organic" ;p

[madhacktress.livejournal.com]

I know I'm late in posting a comment on this entry, but I wanted to mention a product that I saw the other day that reminded me of this. It was a jug of juice which proclaimed "50% Real Juice!".

I just have to wonder who thought that it was clever to announce that claim in letters only slightly smaller than name of the brand of juice itself.

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

I've seen that product, too. Apparently, they're counting on the consumer being informed enough to know that most of the stuff that passes for fruit juice has so little juice in it that even the liberal definition of "juice" in the US (and I suspect, in Canada) prevents the word from being used in connection with the product.

Thanks for the comment, and on a completely unrelated note, if you're not among a whole bunch of Canadians who're pissed at the proposed new copyright law up there, I gotta ask: why not? :^)

Cheers...