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12:42 AM on 08.10.2008   |   Dale North

Otakon '08: Ice cold water, one dollar photo

I don't know what it is about Baltimore, but it seems like there's always at least one person selling bottled water on any street corner here. It makes sense; there's a convention in town, and lots of people are running around in hot costumes. It's just that these water people are insanely rude this week, and everyone here is complaining about them. They're rude to the point of being hilarious.

We all agreed that our con coverage would not be complete without some choice quotes from these troopers.

Here's what they've said to congoers when they weren't yelling "Ice cold water, one dollar!"

  • "Ice cold water! Biggest bunch of queers I've ever seen in my life. Ice cold water!" 
  • "One dollar! I ain't going anywhere so just buy some damn water!"
  • "This is the last water!"[lies]
  • "Oh my God! This water is delicious!"
  • "Ice cold ice cold ice cold ice cold ice cold ice cold...."
  • "This water is so good that I am going to take a dollar out of my pocket, put it back into my pocket, and drink another one."
  • "Don't make me carry this last water. I can't bear to think of carrying it. Buy it from me and help me out."

I think for most attendees, they'd rather buy the Otakon's $3 water than buy anything from these assholes.



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I lol'ed. The funny thing is that the Dallas cons (in the hellmouth heat state) are all but devoid of similar vendors.
Ice cold water... 1$


call me
Maybe if he shouted "Mizu" he wouldve have more sales.
*high fives Redzie*
There should be a website if there isn't already in the way of "Overheard in New York," except it'd be "Overheard at Anime Cons."
These guys were having a field day, with us and the O's around.
You know, there is so much potential there for them to make Last Exile jokes... ("Heh, we've got first water over here! Don't buy their crappy third water!")
yeah, these guys were everywhere on that street. Skywalks FTW!!!!
-_-; they were annoying. I'm surprised you haven't posted anything on the homeless hanging around the convention. I had a woman with a Coach purse come up to me and ask for money for her son (yeah right), guy asking for 90cents bus fair and once he got it from someone he'd run to the next person and ask for the same thing, and THEN there was a guy who comes up to me after I got some Annie Annes pretzels and trys to grab the bag out of my hand!?! What a day...
Best I overheard was "Ice Cold Water $5. It's delicious ,I should know I tried it."

He was holding up a bottle with a bit of it obviously missing.
I heard the best one ever from some guy who obviously knew his audience. (paraphrased from memory)

"Hey Ash Ketchum! I got some ice cold green tea right here! Drink some of this shit! You'll be throwin' pokeballs all day long!"

The Ash cosplayer then having the attention of the whole sidewalk of course had to buy one. =)
@Spiffy
My friend overheard the same pokeball comment, he was telling me about it wow..lol..

I totally think they went about this entirely wrong and I dont recall it being that bad last year.
Man this is so true when me and my friends first got to the con thats all we heard "water $1 " everywhere.

I think the only guy who had teh right idea though and had a HUGE stack of bills in his hand was this rastifarian guy.He was walking up and down the register at door line,best spot that non of the other....uh..."vendors " XD were at he made a kiling and ACTULY ran out.


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