Eighteen years ago, Limp Bizkit released Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. It was a blockbuster release that sold 1,050,000 copies in its first week alone. Everybody could figure out what the chocolate starfish was, but hot dog flavored water? That's a thing?
Turns out, in the year 2018, it very much is a thing and it's not cheap either. CBS10 reports that the Car Free Day festival in Vancouver, British Columbia saw the debut of "Hot Dog Water" going for almost $40 a bottle:
The tent selling unfiltered "Hot Dog Water" — literally a bottle of water with a wiener floating inside — for $37.99 a pop included some promising, if not dubious, claims. Such as helping consumers not only lose weight but also increase brain function, look younger and improve overall vitality.
According to the guy running the show "the protein of the Hot Dog Water helps your body uptake the water content, and the sodium and the things you'd need post-workout," uhhh sure. The report says sales were "brisk." Look at this booth:
Photo: Global News / Franklin Sayre
Before you get your panties in a bunch, this was all a publicity stunt to show how people get swept up in marketing. The fine print noted "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."
Was Fred Durst one of the people who paid $40 for a bottle of VOSS water with a hot dog in it? Probably not, but he's gotta be smiling somewhere. A Global News report noted that about 60 liters of hot dog water were consumed.
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