PowerBar Pria CarbSelect

[cjsmith]

I got a coupon for a free PowerBar Pria CarbSelect, so I tried it. My thoughts:

- Is "Pria" the feminine of "Prius"? If so, this pair fits many stereotypes about the sexes: the Pria is smaller and can't carry nearly as much, but tastes a whole lot better.*
- They're inventing even more excuses for carbs now. This thing has 2g "Impact Carbs", which is the remainder when you've taken the total carbs and subtracted off fiber and (get this) "sugar alcohol". Tellingly, there's a note on the wrapper cautioning diabetics that Impact Carbs aren't intended for YOU. I deduce that "Impact Carbs" are a lie marketing trick and "sugar alcohol" means "the manufacturer wanted a smaller Impact Carbs number".
- It doesn't taste like a protein bar, which is wonderful. However, it has an odd smell.
- At my local Safeway, it's $1.99 for this 110-calorie thing. I wonder how many Impact Carbs I'd get if I just ate two dollar bills.

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* I hope this will start several interesting arguments in the comments.

Comments

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

I find women to be tastier and not capable of carrying as many things in their arms. However, they have more lower body strength which may, in fact, allow them to carry a greater load. Additionally, at least with reference to the women I have had the privilege of tasting, they are not smaller than men.

(Ladybug and brian1789 are the same height and have the same size hands, though she outweighs him by about 40 pounds).

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

I may need a larger sample size.

There is one sweetie (male) I have whose smell I totally and utterly adore. It can, depending on the situation, either calm me down when I am stressed and anxious, or arouse me instantaneously. Just put my face anywhere between his armpit and his neck, and it happens. Yowza.

Taste, though, is a little more specific. It isn't just smell. But I think the more body hair on men makes a difference to where and how things taste. I also think a big part of it is that as much as I adore adore adore giving oral, with women, the taste is more consistently *there*, as her scent just fills my nostrils. With men, my tongue isn't doing quite the same sort of thing, and once I've licked and sucked for a bit, the taste doesn't change or reload, until, well, the end.

(tmi, anyone?)

[genderfur.livejournal.com]

I agree about the taste being more *there*.

Overall, I disagree with the premise. When I was tasting men, I found that how they tasted depended hugely on how they ate, and whether they were drinkers or smokers. In tasting women, the same is in effect, *plus* there can be huge changes from time-o-month stuff.

So I say that you can't really generalize, and now you think I'm just a poopy-head spoil-sport, don't you?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah: size, strength, etc are just the usual generalizations. I outmassed Rob for probably the first seven years we were together. I'm much more curious about how many people think women taste better vs. how many people think men taste better. ;-)

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

oh, women taste better, most definitely. ;-D especially one who eats a very healthy organic diet. smoking seems to work against an appealing flavor/aroma for both sexes, and body hair is certainly a factor. that said, i'd much rather have a "natural" partner than one who likes to smother him/herself in artificial fragrance.