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rotciv KOTHRT · Prince Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 1482 Location: USA

As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.

In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. coli) - bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming
1 kilo of poop.

However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

Remember: Water = Poop, Wine = Health.

Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information: I'm doing it as a public service. #ni-1

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Grizzly · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:50 am Post subject: Re: Water vs. Wine

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Grizzly · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:50 am Post subject: Re: Water vs. Wine

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mohrorless · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:14 pm Post subject:

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Sir Furry Mark · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: Water vs. Wine

Sir Furry Mark · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject:

OOOPS!

Much too slow with my last post (too many distractions here...)

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Sir Papa Smurph · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject:

I simply don't believe that amount.

This is a 2.7 gram tube of Arcti Silver-Ceramique. I can't believe that that there are that many colonies of bacteria in tap water and that we could not see them.
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mohrorless · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject:

Sir Papa Smurph · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject:

No, that is not correct. 1 Kilogram divided by 365 days is 2.7 grams per day. The statement said one liter of water per day, which would mean 2.7 grams of E. coli per liter.

While I can accept that there is contamination in tap water I can't accept that there is that much of just E. coli, even dead. I can however accept that there is roughly 2.7 grams of dissolved solids per liter, but this would include numerous elements and compounds both soluble and insoluble.

We all know that water conducts electricity but did you know that pure H2O does not.
The reason that tap water conducts is because of contamination of soluble ions that actually allow the electrons to pass thru them.
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bpowe · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:19 am Post subject:

Well, Yes I am a chemist and have worked in labs for 30 years, so I am familiar with the conductivity of H2O...

Health Dept. regulations allow for about 1000 mg/L of mineral impurities in public drinking water (most sources are less than that, but not San Angelo, TX! Mad

). The water is tested daily for E coli, two positive tests in a row requires the water utility to notify its customers that they need to boil their water until the problem is sorted out...

There could easily be 2.7 grams of dissolved and suspended solids in untreated surface water but I also can't believe there would be that much in normal city tap water...
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mohrorless · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:03 am Post subject:

My bad. Maybe I will not respond to anything people write if I am tired.....Naaahhhhhh. It's more fun that way.

Obviously they are wrong......
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Sir Hamster of Elderberry · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:16 am Post subject:

I also find the numbers hard to believe. E. Coli isn't the only bacteria out there, and if there were 2.7 grams/liter of E. Coli alone, then how much more other bacteria is in there? (Likely many times that).
I don't find this creditable, nor do I need any excuse to drink wine. Wink

Also, one technical point: E. Coli is not poop, it eats poop. There is no accounting for taste! Razz

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jbyram2 · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject:

Imagine that... an Email warning that turned out to be itself full of the same stuff it warned against...
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Cow_tipping · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:12 am Post subject:

Mildew · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:22 am Post subject:

So...
E.Coli eats poop, therefore eating E.Coli is eating poop. Confused

Cows eat grass, therefore eating hamburgers is like eating salad! Surprised

As usual, logic in these Inturnet facts are flawless

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Sir Hamster of Elderberry · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:45 am Post subject: