20 November 2011

EU going waterproof

Europe's bottled mineral water producers have been hardly hit recently. No, not by the economic crisis. After a thorough three years long investigation,The Telegraph reports, Brussels' brightest decided that there is no conclusive proof that water actually hydrates. The claim that water can prevent dehydration is now officially banned in the EU, leaving manufacturers of said mineral product without their most effective means of advertisement.

To those poor manufacturers haunted by growing fears of loosing their livelihood, I say: don't panic. Explore new possibilities. It will take Brussels' inquisitive minds another long three years - and a generous amount of euros wrestled away from Europe's disoriented economy - to get to the bottom of this:

4 comments:

jams o donnell said...

Normally these stories turn out to be a load of nonsense. Perhaps the EU has decided to live up to the tales that are told about it in ur tabloids

Yitzchak Goodman said...

So it won't help to add water to your dehydrated water? Good thing there's booze!

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Apparently this time it's official. Anyway, water is no good in treating thirst, say experts who tasted it once...

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Yep, it's booze that keeps us afloat...