I ask you....is there really a difference between one brand of bottled water and another? Or is there even a difference between what you get off that shelf at your local grocery store and what comes out of your tap?
I am not convinced of this alleged difference. Now don't get me wrong, I firmly believe that one can taste the difference between water out of different sinks or fountains. For example, the water out of my tap at home actually tastes pretty good (especially considering it is Weaverville city water)...but you will not catch me drinking the water out of the fountain at the gym. Let's just say it has a distinct metallic bouquet to it (not to mention the unsettling thought of all those meatheads' sweaty upper lips coming in close contact to said fountain...but I digress). And I do not believe that there is really much of a difference between a name brand and a store brand. They both taste fine to me (and believe me, I've tried alot of different kinds).
I recall an evening at a restaurant fairly recently, where I overheard a fellow diner ask the waitress for bottled water. It gave me pause, and I wondered if he sincerely believed that that particular bottle of water REALLY came from a pristine bubbling spring in Switzerland. I guess so. Or he would have just stuck to the tap variety with some cubes and a nice slice of lemon. That's certianly good enough for me. And to be honest with you, if I was thirsty enough, I might even drink th stuff out of the gym fountain.
