Tap Water

[amethyst]

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In Lanzarote, they advise not to drink the tap water. Not because of any infectious nasties but that it's choc full of minerals we are not used to...

It was like that on all the canary Islands

[zabadak]

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Only stayed on the one but that makes sense

[Trickyvee]

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Definitely remember having bottled water in 92/93 in the UK. I went to an exercise class with friends and we'd take little bottles of fizzy water flavoured with peach or pear (I think from M&S). It was the first time I'd come across it and thought it was the most sophisticated thing ever. From that I gather bottles of still water must have been making their mark then too.

[amethyst]

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Definitely remember having bottled water in 92/93 in the UK. I went to an exercise class with friends and we'd take little bottles of fizzy water flavoured with peach or pear (I think from M&S). It was the first time I'd come across it and thought it was the most sophisticated thing ever. From that I gather bottles of still water must have been making their mark then too.

It is better for you th an the bottles of pop with spoonfulls of sugar added yuk

[George 1978]

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I have always drunk tap water and never bought the bottled stuff from the supermarket - I just think it's a waste of money. If water stopped coming out of the taps when I turned them on, then I might think otherwise.

I often make the old joke that water tastes a lot better when it's diluted.

[Twocky61]

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The brand of water called Evian................................

You have to be 'naive' to buy bottled water lol

[Zincubus]

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The brand of water called Evian................................

You have to be 'naive' to buy bottled water lol

That was the joke apparently ...

I still prefer the local tapwater to any of this bottled stuff


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[Twocky61]

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Tap water for me too

If we were in the developing world; then bottled water is necessary as the 'tap' water there is not suitable for human consumption, what with all bugs & stuff in it

We here in the Western world should count ourselves lucky

[Zincubus]

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There was a company in Yorkshire a few years ago that were caught bottling tap water and repackaging it . Made millions but the owners got off with a severe warning as I recall ..


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[Richard1978]

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There was a company in Yorkshire a few years ago that were caught bottling tap water and repackaging it . Made millions but the owners got off with a severe warning as I recall ..


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I remember Coca Cola did almost the same thing with Dasani water, which was tap water given a light chemical process before being bottled.

[staffslad]

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There's a Penn and Teller Bull%!$& episode where they serve really fancy-sounding exotic bottled water at a posh restaurant and the customers say how good it is and how superior it is to standard tap water...only what they are serving is actually tap water in fancy bottles and the customers are completely fooled.

Tap water for me, as well, unless I am in a developing country where it is not safe.

[Silver Bear]

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There was a company in Yorkshire a few years ago that were caught bottling tap water and repackaging it . Made millions but the owners got off with a severe warning as I recall ..


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That is so ... Yorkshire! God’s Own County.

[Twocky61]

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That is so ... Yorkshire! God’s Own County.

"Aye up" God said when he met the Yorkshire people after St Peter had let them in through the pearly gates lol

[Silver Bear]

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"Aye up" God said when he met the Yorkshire people after St Peter had let them in through the pearly gates lol

I like the dry Yorkshire sense of humour.

[Twocky61]

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lol

I used to live in the Lancashire village of Hesketh Bank. In the local pub the old fellers came out with humorous antidotes; especially if you plied them with beer lol