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Old 07-18-06, 07:39 AM
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PowerBar Controversy at TdF.....

Seems that PowerBar is using unfair tactics to promote its product:



EDIT: Uh-oh. Just thought of the kinds of posts that some of you may be considering for this thread.... BEHAVE.
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wow she's purty!
 
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I bet some of the podium girls are jealous.
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PowerBars still taste like crap.

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PowerBars still taste like crap.

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But the attractive orange packaging has to count for something, doesn't it?
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They need to make a new flavor, "beer, cigarettes, and P*ssy"
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I could eat that.
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Originally Posted by DrPete
PowerBars still taste like crap.

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HEY! I LIKE PowerBars, damn it!
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I'll eat that!
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But the attractive orange packaging has to count for something, doesn't it?
I thought the orange to go after the Basque population was tacky.
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HEY! I LIKE PowerBars, damn it!
Really? The original ones? I just can't stomach them. It's all about Fig Newtons and Larabars for me...

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She's kinda toothy, ain't she?
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Yes, the original ones. Vanilla Crisp is my favorite

I like the newer ones, too... (Ok, I don't like ALL of them... Don't like the chocolate ones (original), and there's one of the newer ones I don't like, don't remember the flavor.
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Originally Posted by DrPete
Really? The original ones? I just can't stomach them. It's all about Fig Newtons and Larabars for me...

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Is this better?

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She looks like a pomeranian. Weirdly-spaced features.
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Is this better?



Ahhhhh... Heaven...

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Originally Posted by brokenrobot
She looks like a pomeranian. Weirdly-spaced features.
i think julia roberts looks like an irish setter....
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i think julia roberts looks like an irish setter....
You're not wrong.
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Originally Posted by DrPete
PowerBars still taste like crap.

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+1

- i won one via Bob Roll's head (Trek scratch-off)... when i went into the LBS to get my free water bottle (another win), i gave my winning email printout to a guy behind me in line..

- they're *nasty*!
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Eyes too far apart. Next?
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I am still trying to figure out what the brown spot under her nose is. Or maybe I don't want to know.
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I am still trying to figure out what the brown spot under her nose is. Or maybe I don't want to know.
i'm hoping its a shadow in that cute dimple between her nose and her upper lip...

and you guys stop it with the 'pomeranian' and 'eyes too far apart' and 'weirdly shaped features' and 'toothy' remarks...

you're talking about the woman i love....
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I still really just like the Fig Newtons. Not my type.

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Originally Posted by brokenrobot
She looks like a pomeranian. Weirdly-spaced features.
You should have heard what she said about you.
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