The French got it right...
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The French got it right...
This little email worm came from a coworker:
I suspect the above exadurates of drinking tap water, which has actually been found to be less prone to contamination than some bottled water in various studies. (And the taste of tap water was preferred in some blind taste tests.)
However, in trying to confirm the above I found the following in SNOPES. Hope those of you who enjoy making "sun tea" will take heed:
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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, gin,rum, whisky or other liquor), because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
So:
Water = Poop, Wine = Health.
Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of sh*t.
" 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, gin,rum, whisky or other liquor), because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
So:
Water = Poop, Wine = Health.
Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of sh*t.
However, in trying to confirm the above I found the following in SNOPES. Hope those of you who enjoy making "sun tea" will take heed:
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Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Long Beach, MS
Kyras, you'll drink wine to anything, won't you? 
Patty to friend: "What's today?"
Friend: "June 12th"
Patty: "Wow, that only comes once a year...let's open a bottle and celebrate."
You know I kid because I care.
Patty to friend: "What's today?"
Friend: "June 12th"
Patty: "Wow, that only comes once a year...let's open a bottle and celebrate."
You know I kid because I care.
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