[Safire]

Originally Posted by medusa512

oh my goodness, my mother just sent me this email!!

As Ben Franklin said: In wine
there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is
bacteria.



In a number of carefully controlled trials,
scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the
end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E.
coli) - bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of
poop.



However, we do NOT run that risk when
drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because
alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or
fermenting. Remember: Water = Poop, Wine = Health



Therefore, it's better to drink wine and
talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of poop.



There is no need to thank me for this
valuable information: I'm doing it as a public
service.