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Defy Gravity
The following is an advertisement for a common item. The ad agency, however, is trying to entice buyers by making the item sound more impressive than it really is. Can you tell what is being sold here?
DEFY GRAVITY!
As you command water - or any liquid - to flow upwards! Could you be tampering with the secrets of the Earth? Your friends will be amazed! Just $1.99.
DEFY GRAVITY!
As you command water - or any liquid - to flow upwards! Could you be tampering with the secrets of the Earth? Your friends will be amazed! Just $1.99.
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The item being advertized is a straw.Hide Answer Show Answer
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I read it a few times then it clicked when i clicked the answer.
It could be a Tap (Faucet) or a water pump.
got it. it's pretty good
I am so happy! I got it right!
I hav read it a few times but i still dont get it can sum1 tell me it in like more detail! soz urs are usually really good!
noworrys i got it now i thot it ment some straw as in wot d horse eat! hehe! its good but not 2 good! c ya xxx
pretty expencive.
Good 1, I actually cracked a smile. Don't usually do that around here.
You should have had the following at the end of the ad...
"Mc Donald's/Bburger King Brand cardboard shell not included...
Batteries not included, Void where prohibited,
Especially Alaska and Russia
Purchase is nessasary for sanitation and biodradable pile up in local junk yards...
Special discounts for you who be ALERT!!
The world needs more LERTS!!
"Mc Donald's/Bburger King Brand cardboard shell not included...
Batteries not included, Void where prohibited,
Especially Alaska and Russia
Purchase is nessasary for sanitation and biodradable pile up in local junk yards...
Special discounts for you who be ALERT!!
The world needs more LERTS!!
How can you say just £1.99?? For a straw?!?!?
Lol, never mind that it's amazin n i wish i cud do as well!!
=¬)
Lol, never mind that it's amazin n i wish i cud do as well!!
=¬)
its 1.99$ and not 1.99£ lol
I thought it was a sprinkler, but hey, a straw works too. I wouldn't pay two bucks for a straw though ;)
Could be a squirt gun too! Then the price of $1.99 would make more sense!!!
Missie, are you trying to be my new best friend? This is at least the second time you've defended one of my teasers. Thanks. Oh, by the way - to all of you who are hung up on the price: the point here is that the ad agency is making the straw sound like a mystical, wonderful device, and can therefore over-charge for it. Personally, I think that they could charge a lot more than $1.99 for an anti-gravity device.
No! No! This one's a con! My first reaction was that it was a straw, but figured that the $1.99 disqualified that!
Why did you use the word command? But I agree that a straw can cost $1.95. Straw with special design possible.
The straw might not be worth $1.99 but the teaser sure was...well done!
Noy very hard...pretty expensive and that throws you off.
2 UmkD:
Let's c who can get the shortest and least confusing comment! Well done teaser.
Let's c who can get the shortest and least confusing comment! Well done teaser.
Personally, I liked the teaser, and enjoyed it. Simple yet effective. I agree that because it was a "gravity defying" device, they could over charge it. Nice one!
Jul 20, 2003
ez but fun.
Jul 20, 2003
pretty good.. but i think it can be a lot of things too.. for example... a bathroom on the second level of a house.. the water has to go UP the pipes to reach the faucet... another example.. one of those little waterfall decorative sculptures... the pump makes the water go UP.. then it trickles down...see it could be lots of things.. funny how i thought of all of those...but didnt think STRAW!!! lol... g*job anyhow... *smile*
I'd love to shop where you shop, cavtfree. Imagine, getting my plumbing done for $1.99 8-D
How about a baster?
Smart!! Fun 2 do.
That is soooooo cool! It's definitely going on my favourites!
that is just weird! i still don't really get it! oh well! i don't like these kinds of teasers.
I recently bought several boxes of straws for a project, and I can say that $1.99 is about average. Remember, it's a company advertising their product. So it makes sense that the $1.99 fits this teaser. I enjoyed it, thanks.
I hardly get any of these teasers but Im happy I got this one! Good job!
Why in the world couldn't get it? Anyway, hilarious. Im gonna tell that one to my friends.
i loved it! i got it and i just figured it was a pack of straws.
Kind of lame. ) The only reason it's not totally lame is because I got it on the first guess. Way too easy. Others made the mistake of letting the $1.99 price be the focus.
Love it!
lol this is a VERY good one to my favorites it goes
ok i thought capillary tube ( i guess a straw is a simpler version of it ) whihc you put into a liquid and the liquid rises up the tube ! but i think i was thinkin too hard !
genie-ass
genie-ass
"ANY" LIQUID? A STRAW AND MOST ACIDS WON'T WORK NOR WILL A WIDE VARIETY OF CHEMICALS. SO I THINK STRAW IS OUT. OR CHANGE THE TEASER DESCRIPTION TO REFLECT THE FOREGOING.
Excellent! Very cleverly written!
Didn't think of a straw either 'cause I thought that 1,99 $ would be too expensive...but either you buy "normal" straws in a pack of 50...or as someone already mentioned a special design straw... with loops or helixes...
Thanks for submitting.
Very cute!!! Thanks!!!
I was thinking a siphon.
I was thinking sprinkler but that wouldn't be $1.99. Great job!!!
And to everyone...
Happy Easter!!!
And to everyone...
Happy Easter!!!
IM WITH SAMM... WHAT ABOUT A TURKEY BASTER??? AT LEAST THATS CLOSER TO PAYING 1.99 .....
BYE BYE BUNNIES
HAPPY EASTER AND
HAPPY PASSOVER......
BYE BYE BUNNIES
HAPPY EASTER AND
HAPPY PASSOVER......
Very old and still as stupid
How eacy can you get?
Happy Easter to all.
Happy Easter to all.
I didn't get it, but I was up all night coloring eggs. It was a good teaser, I'm just too dull witted to see the obvious.
Excellantly written for the item involved. And yes, they do come in packages of 20, 50, 100+. As far as other liquids, one could be stretching it with the additional comments. Keep up the creative work!
came to me right away, and that's amazing! keep up the good work.
I was thinking a Plant Mister . Oh Well ! A straw, (it pays to think of the simple everyday stuff first. God one
Good one...
Expensive straw, though...
Expensive straw, though...
And I thought that was a bargain!
That is not water flowing upwards. That is water being sucked upwards. This joke is stupid.
Eh, it was just ok. I got it right off the bat so not really fun. But hey, it's sunday.
cute!
i liked this one!
M E S S A G E M E P L E A S E
i liked this one!
M E S S A G E M E P L E A S E
i broke up laughing on that one. keep up the good work!!!
I got straw immediately because your set-up was PERFECT!!
How come everyone is smarter than me. I didn't know that it was a straw? For a weird reason I thought that it might be those water noodles you blow into for water to go out. well...That was fun. I liked reading that.
thanks
thanks
You got me! I was thinking a toliet until I saw the price. Ha!!
Got it right off! Well worded.
Sort of silly, straws don't cost $1.99.
The simpler, the harder. It's what we all do, look for the clever, unexpected answer. Then the answer usually fits that description..but too simple.....to get... Loved it!!
Boxes of straws can be $1.99 so deal with it! Boodler, I thought it was lots of fun but - easy! Thanks, I needed a boost to my ego by guessing the right answer.
it could be a few other things too, and that IS a pretty expensive straw!
It's the packing not the product that has the value. Well done.
And by the way, Imurray, any liquid, even acid, can be siphoned through a glass straw.
And by the way, Imurray, any liquid, even acid, can be siphoned through a glass straw.
Very cute teaser, really had fun with it. And you mentioning that the ad agency was trying to make the product sound better, and yet still had a decently low price gave it away for me. How could an ad agency make crazy profits from 1.99 unless it was crazily cheap to begin with
Great job
Great job
Good Job!
Hmm, easy but affective.
Ha ha ha! Loved it!
I was thinking it might have been a hose... but that doesn't make as much sense as your answer.
THIS IS NOT A BRAIN TEASER!!! I'm lucky if 5-10% of the things on this site actually fall into that category.
I enjoyed your teaser...thank you! I also thought "Not available in any zoo" could be in the ad. (In the US at least.)
You see what happens when all people view the world from the same perspective, most peopl got the answer correct.
And the Teaser was actually very good. I don't think it fits in language. More like logic or trick seems more suitable for this Teaser. Good Work.
And the Teaser was actually very good. I don't think it fits in language. More like logic or trick seems more suitable for this Teaser. Good Work.
Didn't remember this from 2007. This time around, I guessed the answer was a siphon, so I'm giving myself 75% credit, since a straw is in fact a kind of siphon.
I have to agree with lmurray on this one. You are not going to be able to use a straw with all liquids. One of the primary reasons I went with a pump.
$1.99 would be expensive for a single, disposable straw, but it's reasonable for a box of straws or one of those special twisty straws.
the teaser would have been much better if the price said 10 cents rather than $1.99.
I like it other than that!
I like it other than that!
Whatever the price, it was funny! Thanks for posting!
This time I got it so I guess my memory is not entirely shot.
Very clever and I assumed it meant a box of straws. That is the way the ones I buy come. I believe I pay $1.49 so yes they are selling at a bigger profit. Comments are so funny! I enjoy them the most!
I think the $1.99 price tag is fully justified, considering its phenomenal gravity-defying properties!
I think it is amusing that people are hung up on the $1.99 being too expensive for a straw, yet others are suggesting such answers as a faucet in a upstairs bathroom but have no issues with the fact that those would cost MUCH MUCH more (we are renovating right now and a new faucet set is well over $100.00.
I too assumed it was $1.99 for a box of straws, not just one. I do like the suggestion of it being one of those crazy straws they make for kids though. But I am not sure $1.99 would be enough to buy one of those
I too assumed it was $1.99 for a box of straws, not just one. I do like the suggestion of it being one of those crazy straws they make for kids though. But I am not sure $1.99 would be enough to buy one of those
Too expensive for a straw, so like others I went with: Water Pistol?
$1.99 for a single straw? Only if you're selling to the rabid conservatives who use 100 straws at a time because they heard progressives want to cut down on them.
I really like this teaser!
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got it very quickly. The last line gave it away (" ... command water ... to flow upward" (act of sipping thru a straw).
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