I'm almost afraid to ask, but...

[RDaneel]

Just what is a POCARI, and why would I want to buy any of its' sweat??

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/44/64405_pocari-sweat-01_orig.jpg

[cam191919]

never heard of it

[odinthejd]

what the hell

[odinthejd]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocari_Sweat

[unvmyplecos]

what the F$@^???????

[halfmoonplakat]

lmaoo these are in my local asian supermarketsss

[halfmoonplakat]

Quote: The reference to the bodily fluid resulting from perspiration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspiration) in the name of the beverage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage) tends to have a certain offputting or humorous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour) 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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolytes) lost when sweating.
The first part of the name, Pocari, is from the word ぽっかり [pokkari], which is a mimetic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_sound_symbolism) -と adverb glossed as 'lightly'.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocari_Sweat#cite_note-1)

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[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocari_Sweat#cite_note-1"]~ Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocari_Sweat#cite_note-1)
Although odinthejd alreayd posted the link i thought that this would be easier to see
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocari_Sweat#cite_note-1)

[Slappy*McFish]

I guess you could just pour it all over yourself on a really hot day. ;)

[Vicious_Fish]

Looks like another case of bad engrish to me.