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When it comes to comedy, nobody beats the City of Portland. They just mailed out hundreds of bumper stickers with the message "I Only Drink Tap Water." You only drink it -- you don't also wash in it? Ewwww.
Has somebody got a used copy of Strunk & White to send to these people?
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Comments (16)
Not in my house! That stuff comes out a lovely rusty brown color. I don't even give it to my cat.
Posted by none | September 27, 2008 6:06 PM
I save my bathing for skinny dipping in the source.
Did you notice the comments?
Already the anti-fluoride nuts are rhyming.
Posted by Alan Cordle | September 27, 2008 6:07 PM
I gave them a chance to hire me ... but they passed on it.
See what happens?
Posted by Samuel John Klein | September 27, 2008 6:16 PM
I only smoke home grown.
Posted by jjinthejoint | September 27, 2008 6:54 PM
The street rats bathe in it. Set up surveillance on a Benson Bubbler sometime!
Posted by Cosmic Charlie | September 27, 2008 7:28 PM
Only I don't.
Posted by Allan L. | September 27, 2008 7:39 PM
Probably their subliminal way of getting people to stop drinking bottled water because its not "sustainable".
Posted by Jon | September 27, 2008 9:47 PM
I think William Safire (and possibly even Strunk) would let the city off with a minor misdemeanor on this one. Putting the "only" after "drink" is less mellifluous. It also could be written, "I drink tap water only." But the bumper sticker's message is understood as it's written.
Posted by Gil Johnson | September 27, 2008 10:59 PM
Are you a snoot?
Let David Foster Wallace help answer that question. (Read at your leisure)
http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html
Posted by ejs | September 28, 2008 5:47 AM
My dog only drinks toilet water. Eauuuuuuu
Posted by Pete Ayres | September 28, 2008 9:40 AM
I have that copy of Strunk and White, but I'm not parting with it. And I'm wondering... are the bumper stickers sustainable?
Posted by PDX Native | September 28, 2008 4:10 PM
Please, these clowns have raised water/sewer 10% this year and at least 5% a year for the foreseeable future. This is what they waste their time doing?
Besides if they are so up on Bull Run, maybe the BS (bumper sticker) should say:
"I only drink Portland tap water."
Posted by Steve | September 29, 2008 8:15 AM
How about "My water comes from the tap"?
Posted by Kai Jones | September 29, 2008 10:51 AM
I tapped that water.
Posted by Mister Tee | September 29, 2008 9:13 PM
Oh, come on, Jack! This is a campaign designed to highlight the fact that, believe it or not, there are people around here who actually drink tap water because it truly is the more sustainable choice!!!!!!! It's not meant to be a grammar lesson. (But speaking of grammar lessons, any idea why Jon put "sustainable" in quotations marks, by the way? Talk about someone who needs a copy of Strunk and White.)
And besides, as Gil pointed out, I think you get the message, no?
Posted by Jennie | September 30, 2008 9:12 AM
If you're going to pick on the bumper stickers, we cheerfully request that you do so in the form of a limerick.
Posted by Sarah Bott | September 30, 2008 9:32 AM