Watering Down: Difference between revisions

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See also [[A Tankard of Moose Urine]].

== Comic Books ==

* In ''[[Preacher]]'', Custer starts off his massive [[The Reason You Suck Speech]] to the whole town by telling the bartender he can almost taste the beer through all the water.

* In ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'', Custer starts off his massive [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to the whole town by telling the bartender he can almost taste the beer through all the water.

* In some versions of the [[Batman]] franchise, the Penguin has shifted from outright crime to running a nightclub, where he makes far more money selling overpriced souvenirs and, yes, watered-down drinks.

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== [[Real Life]] ==

* [[Truth in Television]] to a massive degree. While alcohol with a little bit of water is often forgivable, [[Scare Em Straight]] [[Drugs Are Bad]] presentations like pointing out how dealers cut marijuana and other drugs with everything from carpet strands to hair. Even camel shit. One would think that dried plants (you know, the thing pot ''is'') would be more plausible, but then, plausibility doesn't scare anyone. Ironically, this is exactly why it's ''legal'' in the Netherlands. The government can't do quality control on illegal stuff, after all.

* [[Truth in Television]] to a massive degree. While alcohol with a little bit of water is often forgivable, [[Scare'Em Straight]] [[Drugs Are Bad]] presentations like pointing out how dealers cut marijuana and other drugs with everything from carpet strands to hair. Even camel shit. One would think that dried plants (you know, the thing pot ''is'') would be more plausible, but then, plausibility doesn't scare anyone. Ironically, this is exactly why it's ''legal'' in the Netherlands. The government can't do quality control on illegal stuff, after all.

* As mentioned by one of the examples above "hostesses" and "hosts" who work in bars or nightclubs to draw in patrons almost always have their own drinks severely watered down to allow them to not get too soused given the job requires them to drink along with the guests.

* During Prohibition in the United States, illegal alcohol was often cut with methyl alcohol, a poison that can cause permanent blindness.

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