Tim Blair

Well that's enough proof for me. I'm swearing off water from now on and going back to drinking eight glasses of gravy a day.

The web is on to this health threat--www.dhmo.org.

W.C. Fields had it right. "Drink water? Fish fuck in it!"

Or eat a lot of pretzels as you consume.

Works for me.

hln

I know it sounds funny, but you really can kill yourself or give yourself quite severe brain damamge from a water overdose. It does take MANY liters in a short period of time, but it's possible. I'd learned that it was generally only the severely mentally ill who actually manage to do it (like schizophrenics who the voices tell to drink a ton of water for some reason).

Well...if that isn't the pits. Guess I'll have to swear off the water and just have the bourbon - it'll be really hard, but I'll give it my best!

This is clearly the fault of the greedy water companies. In my town they've started putting the stuff in pipes and pumping into peoples homes to get them hooked! These people are no better than pushers.
It is well known that inhaltion of water can cause asphyxyation and that water is usedin the manufacture of thousands of lethal chemicals.
I think someone like Michael Moore should do an expose of the water pushers and their mouth piece the NRA (National Rivers Authority)

It's become a bit of a problem with rising ecstasy use. The kids know you're supposed to stay hydrated while on ecstasy, then they overdo it.

Are you saying that ecstasy is just a gateway drug to water?

Now Brendan, THAT was funny HAHAHAHAHAHHA! 'bout choked on the bottle water I'm drinking...

I don't know about it being a gateway drug. I thought water was more likely to be found in dells.

Well don't laugh but the water in Maine (other than well water) could actually kill me. Thanks to a rather nasty bout of giardia, I am highly prone to it. I have had it 7 times and been warned that if I get it bad enough it could be fatal. I do not drink anything not out of bottles (or kegs) when I am out in these days.

This ain't all that funny. Overhydration can _kill_. A runner in last year's Chicago Marathon died of overhydration. She was hot and thirsty, and chugged a couple of liters. The sudden dilution of her blood made her dizzy. So the race helpers naturally gave her more water, and she got dizzier, and they gave her even more. She passed out and died. (She left behind a husband and two little children. Not funny at all.) There have been other cases; marathon helpers are now being warned not to give runners too much water.

^^^^^^ killjoy

When I get around to it, I'm going to put up a website called The Campaign to Ban Everything and waters going to be right up there. I mean, how dangerous is it? People drown in it. It's poisonous. Plus it burns when it's hot. It's clearly unfit for human consumption!
Thankyou, Tim Blair, for alerting us all to this dangerous chemical.

TimT, shortly after Arthur Clarke disclosed that the beating of tom-toms during an eclipse had been scientificlly proven (reproducible) effective at restoring the Sun's power, a study was leaked that every murderer whose history could be verified had at some point partaken of this dangerous chemical.

Just another tragic instance of dihydrogen monoxide poisoning.

Well, water is one of the most corrosive chemicals in the universe.

One problem is drinking distilled water in large quantities. It may dilute the amount of potassium in the bloodstream and lead to irregular heartbeat and, ultimately, death.

It may be an urban legend (haven't checked Snopes), but I seem to remember a woman a couple of decades who drank large quantities of distilled water to "purge" herself of (something or other) and died due to a lack of sufficient potassium in the blood.

Of course, even the Ancient Greeks knew that anything in large doses might be dangerous. Why haven't some of us learned this yet?

And don't forget that water vapor is also a greenhouse gas.

We lost a young soldier that way last year. As I recall she died at Ft. Irwin (Mojave Desert, not too far from where I live). Too much bottled water.

Kal

Hi, my name is Jake and I drink water....sob...

I've been drinking water for years now...First it started when I felt a bit thirsty, you know, now and then, when I couldn't get milk or coke...

Then I started sports and my friends were like " hey Jake this'll make you faster and go for longer it's great stuff.." and I listened. And where are those friends today? They've stopped the water and moved onto bourbon and beer and don't play sport anymore - Bastards!!!!

So now I sit here at work with bottle of water by my left hand just wishing I could be chugging beer like my mates....sob....

Kiddies, just say no and go scull some beer, you'll feel much better in the long-term. Take it from this washed-out water drinker - you can't stop at just one...

Hi, my name is Jake and I drink water....sob...

I've been drinking water for years now...First it started when I felt a bit thirsty, you know, now and then, when I couldn't get milk or coke...

Then I started sports and my friends were like " hey Jake this'll make you faster and go for longer it's great stuff.." and I listened. And where are those friends today? They've stopped the water and moved onto bourbon and beer and don't play sport anymore - Bastards!!!!

So now I sit here at work with bottle of water by my left hand just wishing I could be chugging beer like my mates....sob....

Kiddies, just say no and go scull some beer, you'll feel much better in the long-term. Take it from this washed-out water drinker - you can't stop at just one...

This is probably the most bizarre
thread ever on TB's site.
Insufficient hydration is the source
of great many phisiological disorders.

Hi, my name is Jake and I drink water....sob...

I've been drinking water for years now...First it started when I felt a bit thirsty, you know, now and then, when I couldn't get milk or coke...

Then I started sports and my friends were like " hey Jake this'll make you faster and go for longer it's great stuff.." and I listened. And where are those friends today? They've stopped the water and moved onto bourbon and beer and don't play sport anymore - Bastards!!!!

So now I sit here at work with bottle of water by my left hand just wishing I could be chugging beer like my mates....sob....

Kiddies, just say no and go scull some beer, you'll feel much better in the long-term. Take it from this washed-out water drinker - you can't stop at just one...

Hi,
My name's Jake, I repeat myself too much...

Jake D, yet another side effect of too much water.

I'm with Alexis! I'm typing this on Friday evening (11/7/03) - This evening I'll just have to get busy with the Bundy and a couple of four-packs of Canadian Club. Sing along at home kiddies:
"I've sworn off the stuff
To water say no
It's gunna be tough
But - LIQUORLAND HO!"