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"Weird News" ~ August 1, 2006
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Designer Ice Now Sold At Designer Prices
Ice Rocks Ice Cubes Are Being Sold With Designer Flare For Almost The Price Of Gas.
(CBS) At a scorching two bucks a liter this water already takes more from your pocket than the cost of the gas you put in your car.
So perhaps times are ripe for purified ice cubes.
Canadian entrepreneur ice maker Jean-Jean Peltier flew in from Toronto just to show us his mineral ice rocks.
“Right now you’re taking your ice tray. You’re putting that with tap water in your freezer. It can smell: shrimp, chicken, etc. This you don't need to touch,” says Jean-Jean Pelletier of “Ice Rocks Ice Cubes.”
“Most mass produced ice comes from city weather. The maker of these cubes promises no messy chlorine aftertaste,” says Jon Duncanson.
Just how thirsty are we for ice cubes costing about a dime a piece?
“You’re not buying it, not at all, nothing.”
“Yeah I’d purchase that.”
George Varney showed us aqua-ice purified water, just stick it in the freezer.
George Varney of Aqua Ice comments, “If you believe in bottled water you should believe in this prepackaged sealed ice. But some stores say if it looks like a fad and smells like a fad...”
You’re not going to be stocking the shelves anytime soon at Sam’s?
“No plans yet. We’ll see how it goes. But nothing in the cards. But if we'll buy four dollar gas and two dollar water, what's so wrong with a 10 cent cube of clean, pure ice?” Says Efrain Madrigal of Sam’s Wines and Spirits.
Some designer icemakers also say that ice from tap water can make you sick, but health experts say there's no real risk of that.
Video - This Thirsty For Ice?
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