EU stupidity strikes again and makes me go AAAAAAHHHHHH

[Skybird]

EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration. Brussels bureaucrats were ridiculed yesterday after banning drink manufacturers from claiming that water can prevent dehydration.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...hydration.html

[Holding burning EU flags in hands]: "Death to the great fool! Death to the great fool! Death to the great fool!"

[Sailor Steve]

Wait, what?

[CCIP]

What's this I don't even

[frau kaleun]

So apparently water isn't really wet after all?



This will no doubt have major ramifications with regard to the Pope's presumed religious affiliations, not to mention the defecatory habits of bears.

Oh dear, the bottled water merchants got their advert knocked back
Such a pity eh, poor little buggers should be specific if they want to make a claim
So if I drink a gallon of water every 4th tuesday I will not get dehydration...after all that is what they wanted to say on the bottles and if it says it then it must be true.

Still it must be a slow day for news for the telegrapth to cycle out a 9month old story, its funny that the story mentions the british governments advice on water consumption as a benchmark for the benefits yet also links to a telegraph article rubbishing that very same british governments benchmarkEven better, that story then links to another earlier story about the significant dangers to health from regular consumption of significant amounts of water as well as debunking another of the water industries previous advertising claims.

Ukip MEP Paul Nuttall said the ruling made the “bendy banana law” look “positively sane”.

The water ruling and the banana ruing are both perfectly sane...UKIP on the other hand are as nutty as a sack of almonds.

[Task Force]

The EU, wow, what a bunch of retards, yet again showing how stupid they are.

The EU, wow, what a bunch of retards, yet again showing how stupid they are.

the EU are a buch of idiots, but on this issue they are correct, just like they was on the last "EU regulations gone mad" topic sky posted.

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by The Article

Prof Brian Ratcliffe, spokesman for the Nutrition Society, said dehydration was usually caused by a clinical condition and that one could remain adequately hydrated without drinking water.

OK, guys, take away his water and see how long he lasts!

[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.

[Hottentot]

Originally Posted by Karle94

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.

Well technically such thing as "water poisoning" does exist.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Sailor Steve]

@ Joea: The earliest reference I can remember was from a Peanuts comic strip in the 1950s or '60s. Lucy called it "Instant Water" and had the same description: Just add water and stir."