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Would You Drink This Water?
theodp writes "NEWater looks like any other glacier-clear bottled H20. Except, reports Salon, it gushes from the toilets of Singapore instead of a bubbling spring. NEWater is the product of Singapore's new water-treatment system, and it's wastewater that's been purified through advanced synthetic membranes called ZeeWeed, which could help 20% of the world's population that doesn't have easy access to clean water."
Hmm. Brit joke only, methinks.
it gushes from the toilets of Singapore instead of a bubbling spring
That is DISGUSTING. I don't think I will be drinking any water today. And thanks for adding 'gushing'.
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Then it's still kinda disgusting.
If it's good enough for the dog...
Is pretty much what one would have to be smoking, before one might consider drinking water from an Asian toilet.
There's a Starman, waiting in the sky / He'd like to come and meet us, but he hasn't got the time.
You lost me at gushes.....
I'd drink the water.
Ewwww, it seems you're already on Zee Weed.
....fish fuck in it
I dunno, just the thought of where it came from. The name is appropriate because I would have to be "zmoking ze weed" to drink that.
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They already have this on the market. Its called Dasani.
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That's spelled WeeWeed.
An H2O molecule is an H2O molecule, is an H2O molecule
The next time your beer tastes 'funky' and your roomie is smiling...
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New meaning for Eau de Toilette
NEWater is the product of Singapore's new water-treatment system, and it's wastewater that's been purified through advanced synthetic membranes called ZeeWeed, which could help 20% of the world's population that doesn't have easy access to clean water."
You see where this is going, right? You find some damn way to purify pee and poop water (along with the odd cigarett butt and chunder) and everyone will have cheap water. And as human nature goes, they'll consume it to the limit, futher putting strain on ZeeWeed and toilets.
Heck, you'll probably be required to flush your toilet in the event of a national water shortage...
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Mmmmmmm..... Singapore toilet water.....
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where's the caffeine?
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Perfume? I couldn't help but remember my high school french class where I learned what that "eau de toilette" label on the perfume bottle translated into. I guess now we'll have to double check if we're drinkin it or putting it on for the scent.
It's easy to stand out when the general level of competence is so low.
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Nothing but pure grain alcohol for me from now on!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
And, if you stop to think about where it comes from, that's a good thing!
See what I've been reading.
ZeeWeed is people! Tell everyone!
The spice must flow.
I see billboards in my area for recycled water. (Outhouse Springs?)
Anyway, their tag line is "We're number two!!"
Humerous, but I don't know if I would drink it. I don't mind drinking recycled water, but the name just turns me off.
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Out friendly neighbours Malaysia also had a field day making remarks such as "Singaporeans are resorting to drinking their own pee"
Next time, ask the Malaysians if they use natural fertilizers to grow vegetables. When they say yes, tell them "so you've resorted to eating bullshit."
Oh, come on. 640km ought to be enough for everyone.
It's one of those head trips people tend to think of in grade school:
"The water I drink has been on this planet for so long. Who knows where this drop of water right here has been before? Maybe it was even inside a dinosaur!"
It seems possible and maybe even likely that all the water you drink has been pissed out of SOMETHING in the billions of years this planet has existed. And it wasn't filtered by ZeeWeed then.