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So Bill, who knew water couldn't solve dehydration? LOL. Thought you might like this.

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First thing I did was look for the Onion logo...

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Touche!


There is your chief idiot. Insane? There's likely a cause related to his madness.


No it's not. The claim is "drinking water prevents dehydration", and that simple claim is correct.

What I *CAN* however guess is that you're a global warm... excuse me, "climate change" activist who is against bottled water because you think drinking it instead of tap water increases our carbon footprint. I personally know such people. And you probably are (inappropriately) using your position of power to attack the bottled water industry.

That's all well and good, except it's never wise to be an idiot. (Forrest Gump rule #27) Or in the words of Abraham Lincoln, "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."


Umm... Is it my filthy mind, or is anyone else wondering what the hell the Europeans are doing with their bananas and cucumbers?

- Bill

I hadn't thought of that angle yet. Nice.



You were not alone. LOL.

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I'm pretty appalled by the bottled water fad in the US, but less because of the carbon footprint and more because it's just incredibly wasteful and trash-producing. The amount of plastic bottles made, consumed and tossed into landfills (or that texas-sized floating garbage island in the pacific) is pretty pathetic given that we have perfectly good water coming out the tap. In fact, half the time what you're getting in your bottle is just expensive tap water anyway. Suckering gullible people with that whole "our water is soooooo pure" doesn't improve my opinion of the bottled water industry.

But I'm not about to argue that water isn't wet just because I don't think people should make a habit of buying small plastic water bottles all the time.

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- Justin Powell

I wanted to thank you for this thoughtful post, Justin.

I have mixed feelings about it all.

If all we're talking about is water, well it certainly makes sense not to waste precious resources on that which is just as healthy, much cheaper, and every bit as quenching when coming from the tap. Beer is certainly desirable from the tap; why not water? Yes, there's that damn chlorine taste. But a simple filter can help.

On the other hand... I'm looking at the growth in the incidence of Type II diabetes in this country. One major contributor to this epidemic is the consumption of sugary drinks. If it's bottled water over bottled Coke, well... I think I can deal with the cost of shipping and the issues of water containers. If we recycle, then the landfill issue is moot.

Bill