Salaryman props for kids

[Mulboyne]

Daily Yomiuri:

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. has developed a pep drink for children age 5 to 14. The mixed-fruit flavored Lipovitan Kodomo contains calcium, taurine and royal jelly to assist children's growth. Price: 210 yen (50 milliliter)

Obviously the Lipovitan junior, for 8-14 year olds (right), wasn't developing the habit early enough.

[Taro Toporific]

[Daily Yomiuri:

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. has developed a pep drink for children age 5 to 14. The mixed-fruit flavored Lipovitan Kodomo contains calcium, taurine and royal jelly to assist children's growth. Price: 210 yen (50 milliliter)

How can this be legal, let alone moral?
Consumption of GENKI-juice (with 10,000 times the Min. Daily Requirement of crytal meth) is listed on the required questionarie of the annual physical examination, the Ningen Dock, required of all Japanese drones. This Liquid Crack(tm) is listed in the same category as number of cigarettes and the amount of alcohol consumed daily.

[Charles]

TAURINE?!?!? That's a CAT FOOD additive, totally unnecessary for human diets.

[Mulboyne]

[yakinoumiso]

[dingosatemybaby]

[Taro Toporific]

...I hate the idea of kids thinking bottles of stimulant drinks are a normal part of a life and then moving on to the Liquid Crack(tm).

I guess this stuff gets kids ready to move up to the Liquid Crack(tm)....sort the same concept as candy cigarettes (Japanese Orion brand).

ORION CO., LTD.
WE HAVE BEEN PRODUCING,
WE ARE NOW PRODUCING AND
WE WILL BE PRODUCING
MOST JOYFUL, FRESH AND CHARACTERISTIC AWEETS
ESPECIALLY FOR ALL CHILDREN OVER THE WORLD.

YES, WE ARE A DREAM MAKER.
WE BRING A BIG DREAM PACKED IN A TINY CANDY BOX.
WE WANT TO WORK FOR THE SOCIETY AS A DREAM MAKER
FOR ALL CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD.

DO YOU KNOW?
"COCOA CIGARETTE", LONGLASTING TASTE. WE HAVE BEEN
PRODUCING IT SINCE OUR COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1948.
IT IS REALLY A GOOD AND LONG SELLER, A NEWSPAPER SAID.

"PLUM MINT", UNIQUE TASTE NEWLY DEVELOPED IN 1973 AND
"MINI COLA", VERY SPECIAL TASTE BORN IN 1978. THE TWO
WERE BIG HITS AND REALIZED GOOD SALES THROUGH THE COUNTRY.
THROUGH JAPAN, FROM HOKKAIDO ISLAND TO OKINAWA, AND
IN SOUTH-EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES OUR PRODUCTS, OVER 40 ITEMS,
HAVE BEEN WARMLY ACCEPTED.

WE WILL BRING A BIG DREAM IN A TINY CANDY BOX ANYWHERE,
ANY PLACE OVER THE WORLD AS LONG AS A CHILD LIKES US...

[yakinoumiso]

[quote=""Taro Toporific....sort the same concept as candy cigarettes (Japanese Orion brand).[/quote]

Yeah, I was thinking about "smoking" candy and gum cigarettes when I was a kid. I was just wondering if there were still marketed here...damn.

Dingo,aAs for whether the brown bottle drinks will help you (a) remain healthy? No, probably not. (b) score some quick energy? Sure, though the amount of boost is probably inversely proportional to your caffeine and sugar tolerance level.

Try Oronomin-C, it:s the gold-standard...well if you:re a full size gaijin, try two, they are small bottles.

[Mulboyne]

No, not nicotine. Nicotinic acid amide, it's marketed under various names like niacin, niacin amide, and Vitamin B3. While I agree that it's not a multivitamin, it's probably no more harmful than a couple of flinstones and a Coke.

Yeah, the nicotine-in-energy-drink thing is one of the hoariest of Japanese urban legends

Thanks for clearing that up. I'd actually never heard before that "nicotine" was in energy drinks so it looks like I started my own version of that urban legend for 30 seconds.