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Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Sunday, October 12, 2003, 22:53
Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> Now it's interesting to know that America is different in that respect > (strangely different: if tap water is purer than bottled water, then I > really don't see the point of ever buying bottled water. In France and > the Netherlands at least, you buy bottled water because it *is* purer > than tap water).
Snob appeal, public ignorance, flavor (some tap water doesn't taste all that good, even though it's totally *safe*), and yes, Francophilia -- before Perrier was widely sold here, bottled water was almost unheard of in the U.S. except as a commodity useful during disasters. Some bottled water actually is tap water from some particular place, although you can usually only find that out from the fine print. Lastly, a thirsty person in a city can get a liter of bottled water for about $1, whereas "free" tap water isn't available at any price unless you are in a restaurant, movie theatre, or what have you. -- Where the wombat has walked, John Cowan <jcowan@...> it will inevitably walk again. http://www.ccil.org/~cowan