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From: rob@dadla.UUCP (Rob Vetter)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Bottle colors
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Date: Tue, 15-Jul-86 12:41:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 15 12:41:00 1986
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In article <443@valid.UUCP> jao@valid.UUCP (John Oswalt) writes:
>Why is is that beer bottles are sometimes brown, sometimes green, and
>sometimes clear, but never blue or red or anything else?


	Hypothesis 1: Brown, green and clear are colors which are
		"natural" for glass (or cheaper).  Blue, red, etc.
		would require the addition of costly dies.


	Hypothesis 2: Red make the bottle/contents combination look
		bloody, blue makes it look "murky".  Bad marketing.


	Hypothesis 3: It's all part of a plot by the government to make
		us accept the mundane and, eventually, to fall for the
		Big Brother mentality.  George Orwell was right. (I KNOW
		they're watching me through my T.V.)  %-] :-)

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