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Funniest thing on the news today: M&S anti-cellulite knicker claims 'misleading'

...contains the wonderful paragraph:

"The £29.50 Anti-Cellulite Firm Control Waist and Thigh Clincher pants contain vitamin E, aloe vera and caffeine."

Caffeinated pants?

I appreciate that cellulite blights some people's lives but really... who thought caffeinated pants would help?

Date: 2010-04-29 11:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] venta.livejournal.com
According to the website (http://www.marksandspencer.com/Anti-Cellulite-Control-Waist-Cincher-Knickers/dp/B0031ARAKY?ie=UTF8&qid=1272538972&categoryNodeID=&ref=sr_1_2&page=&node=42966030&sr=1-2&mnSBrand=core&rh=), they're both machine washable and tumble-dryable. I guess the millions of micro-bubbles which hold the caffeine in place are waterproof :)

I also note that M&S sell the pants as "cinchers", not "clinchers" as the BBC called them. Which makes slightly more sense.

Date: 2010-04-29 11:09 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] strange-complex.livejournal.com
Thanks for the link - I was wondering what they looked like. That's more than a pair of knickers, really, and I can understand the price a bit better now. I'd still say they look more like they should cost £10-15, though, rather than nearly £30.

Date: 2010-04-29 05:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] venta.livejournal.com
Not to mention that if one is to wear them everyday one needs (one hopes!) more than one pair!

Date: 2010-04-29 11:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beckyc.livejournal.com
I guess the millions of micro-bubbles which hold the caffeine in place are waterproof :)

Oh yeah, then how do they get the active ingredients to our skin then? :-)

Date: 2010-04-29 11:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] venta.livejournal.com
Oy, you, keep your spirit of scientific enquiry to yourself, we're trying to sell pants here!

Date: 2010-04-29 11:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ar-gemlad.livejournal.com
Obviously you are forgetting about the memory effect of knicker elastic, variant transit caffeine osmosis and the quantum entanglement of vitamin E.

Date: 2010-04-29 11:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beckyc.livejournal.com
In that case, I completely retract my statement :-).

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