EU stupidity strikes again and makes me go AAAAAAHHHHHH

[joegrundman]

Originally Posted by Karle94

It is in times like these that I`m so glad Norway never joined the EU. Isn`t water the most healthy drink you can drink? It`s not like it`s dangerouse to drink lots of water. I once drank 6-7 liters in one morning.

excessive water consumption IS dangerous (fatal even) and 6-7 liters in one morning sounds like a potentially dangerous amount of water. Don't repeat that.

[Dan D]

Originally Posted by Karle94

It is in times like these that I`m so glad Norway never joined the EU. Isn`t water the most healthy drink you can drink? It`s not like it`s dangerouse to drink lots of water. I once drank 6-7 liters in one morning.

True, Norway is not a EU member but Norway has joined the European Free Trade Association, the Internal market of the EU and because of that currently pays 340 million Euros per annum to the EU budget. ***8220;Roughly 110 million euro are contributions related to the participation in various EU programmes, whereas close to 230 million euro are made available to development projects for reducing social and economic disparities in the EU, primarily in EU 10.***8221;
http://www.eu-norway.org/ARKIV/newsa...reement_facts/

That is in fact more than many EU member states contribute to the budget while Norway is having no say in EU laws and regulations.

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by joegrundman

excessive water consumption IS dangerous (fatal even) and 6-7 liters in one morning sounds like a potentially dangerous amount of water. Don't repeat that.

It was summer. And we were out on a field trip. It actually felt that I needed all that water, since not much of it came out the traditional way.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Karle94

It was summer. And we were out on a field trip. It actually felt that I needed all that water, since not much of it came out the traditional way.

but seriusly, Joegrundman is right. A human is not a camel, you don't store large amounts of water for later.

[antikristuseke]

Neither do camels, they store fat.

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Neither do camels, they store fat.

I guess that`s one thing we have in common.

[CCIP]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

It IS possible to drink too much water, and it can even be fatal as you can see. Of course for most people in normal situation, their body does a decent job of telling when to stop.

[Platapus]

A meeting of 21 scientists in Parma, Italy, concluded that reduced water content in the body was a symptom of dehydration and not something that drinking water could subsequently control.

Reduced water is a symptom of dehydration??


I think their cart and horse are in the wrong juxtaposition.

[STEED]

two-year jail sentence

WHAT!


Your next water companies.

[QUOTE=Skybird;1791793]EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration. Brussels bureaucrats were ridiculed yesterday after banning drink manufacturers from claiming that water can prevent dehydration.

I used to be confused, now I'm not so sure.

[Platapus]

two year jail sentence

Originally Posted by STEED

WHAT!


Your next water companies.

And the worst part is that while in jail you will only get bread as water is evidently not necessary to prevent dehydration.

[Respenus]

I was waiting for this one. It's late and I have a splitting headache, so I can't go into the details but here's the short version. Two German scientists decided to show the EFSA (European Food Security Authority, not the EU, but an independent expert body) rules on food labelling are too strict. What happened is that the EFSA decided that putting a label on water bottles that merely drinking water prevents dehydration doesn't comply with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. This, as you will all agree is true, as there are idiots who will drink half a litre, then collapse in the scorching heat and after they wake up sue the company that sold bottled water. Here's the article if you're still confused:

Originally Posted by Article 14

In order to ensure that the claims made are truthful, it is necessary that the substance that is the subject of then claim is present in the final product in quantities that are sufficient, or that the substance is absent or present in suitably reduced quantities, to produce the nutritional or physiological effect claimed. The substance should also be available to be used by the body. In addition, and where appropriate, a significant amount of the substance producing the claimed nutritional or physiological effect should be provided by a quantity of the food that can reasonably be expected to be consumed.

So with all due respect, MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP YOUR CLAIMS! I'm getting sick and tired of constantly having to point out that while the EU does do stupid things at times, what the UK media writes down is the equivalent of a retarded individual discussing quantum physics. /apologies to all who were offered by this screaming rant/

I also like the fact that seemingly most people who commented on this piece did not read past the headline.

You mean people are expected to read, next you will expect people to think too.
But come on, the OP manages to "read" fictional lines in legislation, you don't expect him reading an article to make any difference to his view on it do you? though I am surprised the telegraph article didn't magicly translate into "muslim eu multiculchi dictatorship invents new secret halal water that everyone must be forced to drink to make them dehydrated"
But hey it was good enough that he posted an article that links on to two of its own articles which contradict its own arguements used in this article.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Neither do camels, they store fat.

That's the mechanics behind it yes. Camels just do it more efficiently than us

[Gorduz]

Thamk you Respenus. Behind every stupid law there is usually a reason.. How good it is might differ, but things are usually more complicated than first assumed.

It is like people ridiculing the cucumber law(specifying the dimensions of cucumbers to be sold in EU). It sounds strange but the reason is quite logical (still wrong, but logical). Someone discovered that cucumbers made inside the EU had less variation than those produced outside, and since trade embargoes are restricted through the WTO someone found a smart way for protectionism.. Logical reasons for illogical laws