So you’ve got your premium mediocre, and then you have . . .
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OH wait, so the fact that some times I eat hot dogs to eat cheaply, but I get the nice all beef, and some times organic ones - is that premium mediocre?
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Wait - we’re not talking Seabourn or Silversea, right?
I recently saw the commercial featuring the French woman and her three lovers…nope, still not buying it.
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in Portland it damn well is.
(Disclaimer: I lived in Boston for a decade)
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Any steak that arrives by mail. Anything with the"tRump" name stamped on it (steak, vodka, a hotel, golf balls, a US Presidency)
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Arguing about the “context” of Starbucks marketing? Not so premium.
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$7 is too much to pay for a burrito.
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Cool post bro
I gave it a try. It’s ok. Not really worth a premium, but the jar is nice and very repurpose-able. Apparently it’s fermented in-jar, French style.
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I am sure you’re right, but this is all I can think of, and I thought of it in the dairy aisle as I mulled the reuse/reduce/recycle triangle. I want my yogurt in a wax paper milk-style or origami-pak carton. Glass does seem better than plastic most ways though.
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There’s a whole book on this very subject, separated into categories, like BAD Advertizing and BAD Television. His definition is when “bad” is promoted as “really good” it becomes "BAD."
It’s pretty accurate, and pretty amusing.
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You must mean Portland OR? Because Portland Maine has some pretty good pizza.
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How about “Certified Previously Owned” instead of “Used”?
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There’s nothing mediocre about Alfred Bester.
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In the olden days premium mediocre was Grey Poupon
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“Mama” hats! They’d sell like hotcakes.
(Premium mediocre whole wheat hotcakes with icing sugar, maraschino cherries, and premium mediocre Old Tyme maple syrup on them.)
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How is Chipotle premium mediocre?
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