Badminton Brings Legitimacy to Enhanced Water … Oh Wait.

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Because badminton is as much a sport as Glaceau’s Vitamin Water is water, we thought this quirky Vitamin Water ad featuring Urlacher and Ortiz was appropriate.

Thanks Bill for the tip. We’re also glad at least one more person out there is frowning dubiously at the merits of badminton.

And yeah, we can say that, because we were on the high school badminton team. Why did we join the high school badminton team? Because the pain-inducing potential of tennis balls frightened us. Although apparently shuttlecocks can be equally scary, if the above ad is any authority.

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