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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

04/22/08 - Volvic water is drawn from deep inside the lush, green ancient volcanoes of the Auvergne. Yeah, right. Some Frenchman has a hose and a tub


...I think all bottled water is filled up in the sink. I think the various companies that market the stuff just put the bottles under a faucet...

John Kelso

Austin American Statesman

...Oh, I will buy bottled water occasionally. My brand of choice? It had been Ozarka, because the name made it sound like it once had a trotline set in it. But now I see on the bottle that Ozarka is a Nestle product and that Nestle is located in Greenwich, Conn. There isn't anybody in Greenwich, Conn., who knows how to bait a hook.

The other thing that gets me about bottled water is the way they list the "Nutritional Facts" on the bottle. Nutrition? What nutrition? But pick up your bottle of Dasani, a Coca-Cola product, and you'll notice that it says it has zero percent total fat, zero calories, zero percent sodium, zero percent total carbs, and zero grams of protein.


Why bother putting this on there? Of course it doesn't have anything in it. It's freakin' water. If it had anything in it, it would be a martini.

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1 comment:

  1. Sorry to bust your bubble man but water has a lot more stuff in it that you may think. It picks up minerals from rocks etc and it does contain sodium... I once made pure water , total pure H2O, it had no taste at all just felt like a tasteless liquid, the stuff inside the water is what gives it its taste, yes im sure that a lot of waters taste the same but tap water does taste quite a lot different than bottled water. I'm not saying thats a bad thing, it could mean there are more minerals and there for it is better for you and the fact that its not in a bottle which was made with oil is all the better, just a heads up, nice read.

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