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  1. TomMe says:

    dude, that hurts

  2. e says:

    Huh. Is the water marketed for pets specifically, I wonder? Were it just the name by itself, I’d think it was just classic Engrish, but with the picture of the dog…

    • Paperclippe says:

      Yes, this is water marketed for pets. It supposedly for when you’re taking the animal out, since Japan doesn’t have a lot of places where your dog could drink from the water fountain if you’re taking it for a walk or run. So it’s both a case of Engrish and clever marketing, perhaps?

    • Erica says:

      PET is just the name for a type of bottle that drinks commonly come in in Japan.

  3. Anonymous says:

    first

  4. Matze says:

    Do they also have diet pet sweat?

  5. Lol says:

    I think they mean sweet?

    • Paperclippe says:

      No, they mean sweat; it’s a beverage for “active” pets, ie, when your pet sweats, give him that to drink. Like Gatorade.

    • kannadzuki says:

      For the purpose of marketing this drink, it doesn’t matter if dogs do or don’t sweat, really.

      Just like anywhere else, they market whatever they think will sell. Since it’s so hot and humid in most of Japan during the summer, sports drinks are popular. And since folks like to treat their pets like people (and groom them and dress them up in clothes), of course companies like the makers of “Pocari Sweat” would make a “pet” version.

      • the ghost of tycobb says:

        People are idiots for putting their dogs on the same plane as humans. Hey, IT’S A STINKIN DOG!

  6. Anonomous says:

    first

  7. Helyt says:

    FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111

  8. GoDHoRuS says:

    shut up and die(slowly)

  9. Vismund says:

    Gourmet FAIL!

    Perhaps the name should be “Pet Sweet”?

  10. Mr Dino says:

    tasty.. yummeh~~

  11. Mel says:

    No, it’s actually ‘sweat’. There a famous drin in japan called ‘Pocari Sweat’ (Don’t ask me why it’s called like that) and I first thought this was the PET-version…. but the dog really makes me wonder.

    • Jadys says:

      See my misplaced comment above. I’ve been there, I’ve tasted the human version. But a drink called dirty gym socks wouldn’t sell well, even in Engrish. They should stick with Calpis. Much tastier, and just as yuckky sounding when pronounced – it comes out sounding like either cat piss or cow piss. At least it comes in a pretty blue bottle!

  12. fishamaphone says:

    Not saying this necessarily means anything one way or the other, but in Japan, plastic bottles are referred to as “PET” bottles (because of the specific kind of plastic used). Adds some context for those who don’t know this, but it could be entirely unrelated.

    • durr says:

      yeah maybe. what with the dog on the label. because in japan they have a specific kind of plastic made of 72% dog, 18% sweat and 10% polymer.

  13. joojifz says:

    OLD!!!! POST FAIL!!!!

  14. otrodok says:

    In soviet russia pets drinks you

  15. aryannia says:

    Ew! LOL!!!

  16. duende says:

    LAST!

  17. Rob says:

    Double Fail- One for the marketing, and one because dogs don’t sweat. They pant

  18. spats says:

    Ok, the eco-hippies have gone to far now….

  19. Vismund says:

    Polyethylenterephthalat-WIN!

  20. Jim says:

    I hate the Engrish fails. The only thing they are is failed translation. I don’t understand why these get so much attention.

  21. Kid Choronsom says:

    Why don’t they just call it “Dog Piss”….that’s how they loose most of their water and minerals…not by sweating, by pissing.
    Preferably on a nerd

  22. UNKOWN says:

    it’s actually no fail. pets are not able to sweat. this function is very important to cool down. however normal water does it as well, but it’s a nice marketing strategy!

  23. Ell Jee says:

    They don’t understand it because it’s much harder to /see/ them sweat there. Like most Americans, they believe that the only way dogs cool down is by panting. They are not entirely wrong – panting is the most EFFECTIVE way for them (dogs, not Americans) to release heat – but they do sweat from the pads of their feet.

    Also… “lose” is a verb, meaning the opposite of “gain” or “find”. “LOOSE” is a verb or an adjective, meaning the opposite of “tighten” or “tight”. Get it straight, people.

  24. Yukito says:

    Sweat drinks in Japan are sports drinks. They are meant to replenish both water and electrolytes. This is a sports drink for dogs, not that they even need it.

  25. anonyman says:

    first

  26. Pescador_Gama says:

    the future of drinking water

  27. Voluntary says:

    POCARI SWEAT!

    “The reference to the bodily fluid resulting from perspiration in the name of the beverage tends to have a certain offputting or humorous connotation for native English speakers. However, the name was chosen by the manufacturers originally for the purpose of marketing the product as a sports drink in Japan, where people generally do not mentally translate names appearing in English and are therefore not bothered by the connotation. It was largely derived from the notion of what it is intended to supply to the drinker: all of the nutrients and electrolytes lost when sweating (the first part of the name, Pocari, means “like a cloud floating in the sky” or “a situation in which a cloud is floating in the sky” in Japanese, and has a connotation of lightness, buoyancy, and ease). “Sweat” was apparently intended to suggest diligence and its fruits—the idea intending to connote to the user that Pocari Sweat works to make one feel fresh and relaxed. However, some Japanese apparently drop “Sweat” from the name in common usage.”

  28. Insanus says:

    Is that water? Interesting… It looks like pee…

  29. irreverence says:

    …more like Engrish fail.

  30. adriang23 says:

    Does this mean this water is not Vegan?

  31. Scooter says:

    LOL one of my friends has a drink called something Sweat and I was like…. “WTF.” When I saw her drinking it.

  32. noyb says:

    ANOTHER DUPLICATE FAIL!!!!

    Check your old fails failblog!

  33. Anonymous says:

    Its actually a bottle of water made *For* dogs. It has electrolytes and other important vitamins that dogs just *cant* live without.

  34. freedomfries says:

    All the failures in here cant even fail properly.

  35. Lancer says:

    FURTHER INVESTIGATION FAIL! Actually… this is probably something used as a deterrent for rabbits in a garden… They tend to stay away from areas they think have wolves, and this makes it smell like there is a wolf there, so they don’t go there.

  36. Memecmu says:

    PET is a kind of plastic. But why they put the PET word so big? Usually the kind of plastic that the producer’s use is labelled on the very bottom side of the bottle with a very tiny font size. Am i correct or i can haz correcshun ? srsly…

  37. Joseph says:

    It’s bottled water for dogs actually

  38. Cortez says:

    The actualy joke in here: DOGS DONT SWEAT!

    Thank you

  39. i am more concerned about the use of bottled water!

  40. emily says:

    crazy japanese! hahahah lmao r!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  41. lurkusmaximus says:

    ‘ello Failblog.

  42. Kraas says:

    But dogs can’t sweat! This is bullcrap!

  43. Cayden says:

    oh and apparently according to the bottle it contains lots of calcium.

  44. blah says:

    This is sort of misleading, since it appears to be bottled water for pets:

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/2352128696_3f547785be.jpg

  45. Tim says:

    I always wondered what animal perspirant tasted like! FAIL

  46. aloy says:

    does it actually state it is water?

  47. a lot of sweaty dogs brought you this product.

  48. attorneys says:

    designer water…

  49. Nemo-kun says:

    the Japanese call “PET bottle” instead “Plastic bottle”

    but i’ve no idea why they put the dog picture on the bottle…..

    (I’m Thai. But I’ve learned Japanese as Major in University.)

  50. Insanus says:

    Bend over and I Fail.


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