Maybe I'm elitist, but I love Perrier

[Rabrrrrrr]

And I love seltzer water, too - somehow I find it more refreshing that plain water.

Anyone know why? Is this typical? Is there something about carbonated water versus plain water that makes it a better thirst quencher? Living NYC, I always carried a bottle of seltzer with me in the hot summer, because it felt better to drink when I got hot and exhausted than plain water. That includes the hiking through Harriman Park, too - the Seltzer felt better.

As to the Perrier, I never used it for the hiking and the walks, but I simply love the taste of it. What a wonderful, splendiferous taste it has. I also like that other one that often is found in NYC restaurants, Pellegrino.

[RevCheesehead]

1. Maybe?

Maybe?? :rofl:



:hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Am I really that bad?

I'm so ashamed. I try not to come across as elitist, though I often think that yes, indeed, I am... but I don't want to come across that way normally. I also believe in hospitality and etiquette, which is all about NOT coming across elitist or better than others...

[RevCheesehead]

7. Nah, that's just breeding and good manners.

That, and you ooze class wherever you go. :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. Thanks!

And I'm so excited that I ooze! Oozing appeals to the "Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails" part of me.

:-)

And truly, thanks for the compliment.

[Momgonepostal]

2. French water? Why do you hate America?

Seriously, though. I love Perrier, too, but usually get Pellegrino if I'm feeling rich, Calistoga if not. I don't know why, but I LOVE fizzy water. Its the best thing ever for a sore throat.

[miss_american_pie]

3. It's all I could drink while I was pregnant

It helped with the nausea.

[fizzgig]

4. i'm with you

i drink pellegrino more than perrier, but it's more refreshing to me too

it also helps with my nearly chronic indigestion

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Is there any scientific truth to it feeling better than plain water?

I'm very curious if it's purely psychosomatic; or, if not psychosomatic, whether the fact that it feels better means that it IS better, or if it's actually less effective at hydration that plain water.

And the carbonation certainly helps with indigestion - like seltzer.

[xmas74]

8. I enjoy seltzer w/ a meal

but to quench my thirst on a hot day nothing tastes better than a glass of plain water with a lemon wedge. Anything carbonated or too heavy in minerals always made me feel bloated in the heat.

[matcom]

9. fucking smelly dirty hippie

:eyes:

[JVS]

12. Please, mineral water is not for hippies, it's for "Eurotrash"

[matcom]

15. i'm sorry. you are right

except he is currently in Japan, so he is WANNA-be Eurotrash :D

[JVS]

16. Asia is where Eurotrash go for their sex-tourism, duh

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. I'm a Eurotrash wanna-be Rice-loving Asian sex touristing dirty hippy

[retrospective66]

10. Carbonated? Yuck! I do all I can to stay away from the stuff!

I take medication that requires me to drink lots of water. Not a problem because the meds make me crave it. I'm partial to uncarbonated flavored water.

If however that is not available, I drink Poland Spring. Now that's great water! :9

[KeepItReal]

17. Yeah, the carbonated stuff will kill ya!

Make H2O a Fiji!!

[JVS]

11. Gerolsteiner!

[JVS]

13. I read in the India Times once that carbonation is linked to cancer...

of the esophagus.

[CanuckAmok]

14. you only like it because it has lots of "r"s.

PeRRieR spaRkling wateR fRom FRance.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

18. OK, now you're in my territory...

I live on fizzy water. I love Perrier, especially the lime flavored, but I buy all different kinds and flavors. Raspberry, cherry and lime are great, as long as they don't put any kind of sweetener in. Just naturally flavored seltzer water. It doesn't even have to be refrigerated because the fizz makes it taste cold, so this saves room in my smaller refrigerator (live on a boat). Much much more satisfying than plain water.

[ghostsofgiants]

19. I always drink Perrier when I'm at a restaurant.

And sometimes at bars.

Good stuff. Most people think I'm weird for it though.

[swag]

21. I love the burpwater myself.

I spend too much on San Pellegrino and Perrier to supplement the lattes and the glasses of wine, on which I am also spending too much.

Agua con gas para mi, por favor.

[radwriter0555]

23. I love gassy water... my fave is San Pelligrino, the gassy water of choice

on the French Riviera...

It's DELISH!!!! and it's not snobby!!!! It's good bubbly water!

[idgiehkt]

24. I love it too...

I just started drinking it to get off of soft drinks and now I have a perrier every sunday after work. Believe it or not, there is a gas station near my work that sells it.

I don't care for San Pelligrino, though. I like Poland Spring and there is one other one that I like...

Perrier, is of course, politically incorrect, but needless to say that gas station doesn't have a wide selection of seltzer water.

[radwriter0555]

25. okay, ya got me. Why is Perrier politically incorrect?

dare I ask?

[Rabrrrrrr]

28. I'm curious, too - how is Perrier politicall incorrect?

[Jara sang]

27. I like San Pellegrino better than Perrier.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

29. Me, too

we buy it all the time..in plastic bottles. How Republican is THAT??

[Robeson]

26. Apollinaris is my favorite mineral water...

...but Perrier is fine, too. Especially like tonight, when my grocery store had it on sale, so I stocked up on it, big time...
:-)