Dispensary Corner 12 Sep 13
September 12, 2013
JUST as a coalition of health groups urges changes to the way that soft drinks are marketed (PD yesterday), a brand new product launching in Japan is set to rock the category. It’s the world’s first canned hot and fizzy drink - Canada Dry Hot Ginger Ale - and has been produced by the Coca-Cola Company after years of research into new technology which heats up the soda while retaining the carbonation. Apparently the beverage has a spicy cinnamon and apple flavour, and will go on sale in vending machines across Japan in October.
FACIAL grooming came to the
fore last weekend in the US city
of New Orleans, where more than
150 international contestants
gathered for the fourth annual
National Beard and Moustache
Championships.
There are awards in 18
categories up for grabs - ranging
from the delicate ‘Dali’, through
to the ‘anything goes full beard
freestyle,’ with the event
sponsored by Just for Men and
organised by a group called Beard
Team USA.
Other categories included ‘Fu
Manchu’, ‘Amish’ and ‘Musketeer’.
OBESITY crisis?
A South African man is facing
deportation from New Zealand,
apparently because he’s too fat.
Albert Buitenuis is a chef
who weighs about 130kg, and
appealed two months ago after
his work visa renewal application
was denied because he “did not
have an acceptable standard of
health”.
NZ Associate Immigration
Minister Nikki Kaye denies it’s
because of his weight, saying
the rejection was actually due to
osteoarthritis in the man’s knee.
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