Spencer Watson

Spencer Watson

One man's trash...

Posted December 19, 2007

So you might be wondering what happened to the fantasy football season. So am I. After a promising start, there were a lot of injuries (replaced by second-rate wire pickups), a lot of low scoring, and now I'm about to lose the championship game... of the losers' bracket. That's right, I get to be the second best loser. Awesome. Oh well, it means an early pick next year.

More fascinating by far is a curiosity found the other day by my brother as he went out to get the mail. There on the curb was a half-empty bottle of water. Aquafina? Ozarka? No, this was bottled water with the most curious label I've ever seen: Little Rock Wastewater.

Now, I wasn't aware that Little Rock Wastewater was in the business of hocking bottled water, but be that as it may, it presented some points for thought.

First, and I mean no offense to the municipal waterworks, but this isn't the most attractive label to apply to a product that's intended to be consumed. I mean, it doesn't exactly bring up positive connotations in the mind now does it? Out of the toilet and into... well, you get the idea. Just imagine if Wendy's had rolled out the Undercooked Burger instead of the Baconater. I doubt it would help sales much.

Second, and I think more interesting, how apropos that the label describes exactly what's in the container – wasted water. It's almost like someone planned it: Drink half the bottle and leave the rest for, what, the next person to come along? Of course not. They had to leave it knowing it would simply go to waste! However, I prefer to think this was just casual disregard. I think they just tossed the bottle out the window as they drove by, never giving it a second thought. I guess that's why I bothered to spare two for them.