Red Bull Energy Drink … still waiting for the kick

September 28th, 2005 admin

Today was the last day to use the $2 coupon at the cafeteria. I had gotten my lunch from home. I was strolling through the cafeteria looking for the best way to spend my two bucks, when I noticed a few of these Red Bull cans sitting in an ice bucket. Having never tried this drink, I picked one up, hoping it would be a little over a buck and thus covered by the coupon. It turned out to be 2.13$ for this tiny 250ml can. “It better be good”, I thought. I popped the cap and tasted it on my way back to my office. It was certainly audacious of the company to sell such bad tasting stuff, for over two bucks! “This stuff must be real effective”, I thought, to be able to pull off something like this. I had my lunch about a half hour ago at my desk and then drank the potion. Execpecting miraculous, magic-potion-of-Asterix-like changes, I read some about the drink. It is made in Austria. It has taurine. Sounds bullish, but I learnt everything in the drink is manufactured in a lab. It has a few other ingredients that supposedly “vitalize the body and mind”. The website claimed that having this drink at times when you need to concentrate, or be highly reactive and enthusiastic, like before taking a mid-term examination, can be highly effective. Well its been more than a half hour. The only transformation I feel is the cough-syrup taste in my mouth is finally gone and I feel a little wiser. “Red Bull” (”read bull”), is 8.3 Fl Oz of wisdom.

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