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Bottled water is out because those extra bottles clog up landfills. So, I'm told to drink tap water from a glass. Why not take it to the next level?
Just stick your head right under the faucet. The city should encourage this! Especially in fancy restaurants. This is the next eco trend. Put faucets
at every table!
NO. More. Cups. EVER.
Alternative "direct drinking" method
Finger_20Bowl
And not a little shameless self promotion to boot. [theleopard, Sep 04 2008]
Drinking fountain
http://en.wikipedia...i/Drinking_fountain
Let's all use these. [spidermother, Sep 09 2013]
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I live in Beerland (Belgium) and we have a few cafes who have beer-taps at the table. You do get glasses, though. |
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How would you charge for the water? Measure in liters used? This might require a costly measuring infrastructure that could cost more than glasses. |
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Or do you just pay one fixed price and then you're allowed to drink as much as you want? |
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Mind you, restaurants dare to charge ridiculous amounts of money for a glass of water. It's precisely because they can charge per glass, that they're using glasses. |
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Also, a tap is not so handy, because you would wet the table. Unless you find some way to connect the tap via a tube directly into the customer's stomach. ;-) |
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The idea sounds good [+], but it needs some work. |
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How about a restaurant that feeds you directly via a big tube, a bit like they feed ducks for foie gras, so that we don't need any cutlery, plates and glasses? That would save tremendously on water, because there would be no dishes that need cleaning. |
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//fancy restaurants//
They serve bottles of water? With fine vintage labels, no doubt. |
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//directly via a big tube//
Big tubes clog landfills, [django]. |
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I saw a Public TV special on how our MN State Government saved thousands by making employees bring mugs- no Styrofoam cups. |
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Drinking fountains. Convenient, efficient, and somehow more thirst quenching than other methods of drinking. [+] |
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garden hoses would work better than faucets. |
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Ha! Great idea [futurebird], however I bet you haven't tasted the water in Manchester, CT. |
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I tastes just like a bottle of Chlorine Bleach. Icky! |
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Beer taps at the table. Where exactly would that be [django]? I live close, might be worth a(nother) visit to beerland. |
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Meh..."drinking" water is so 20th century. |
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"Faucets at the table?" Why not skip the upper digestive tract completely a have enema tubes at each table for quicker absorption into the body. |
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Why not bioengineer commensal yeast cells to release alcohol directly into the bodily fluids of your choice? |
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What's this "pay for water" nonsense? In civilised parts of the world, restaurants and public bars are required by law to provide water free of charge. |
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Mildly baked north of the border, with some injecting selves with alcohol.... |
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Having been kicked out of house parties after repeated drinking
from kitchen faucet while stoned, I say nah thanks. |
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