Monday, September 22, 2003 Fri-ay-yi-yi-ed
It's like we're living in some sort of tropical paradise! Because our drinking water has parasites!
I just found it out today from overhearing a conversation at work. I guess that's why people are so into the news. But the only reason I would've been watching the news in the past few days would've been to sit and gloat about having power with which to watch television. Meanwhile, huge chunks of the city still don't have power or water. In Baghdad, I bet this has them rolling in the aisles.
The mate and I have avoid any sort of dysentary so far, by virtue of drinking little else but Sierra Mist brand soda. In the past, I've felt slightly guilty about that. It seems really unhealful. Except now I don't have parasites, so to hell with 8 glasses a day. Also, I bet the candy balls with bubblegum in the middle probably cure a few types of cancer.
I did buy a jug of drinking water for the pets, though. They are all fairly hardy, or in the case of the dog, so close to turning to dust that fluctuations in health don't often register. Still, parasites are an unpleasant concept, and even though I'm about 5 days too late, I'd prefer not to press my luck.
posted by Frenz | 9/22/2003 11:43:00 PM
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