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As a kid I was told to run a tap before drinking

  • 08-03-2013 6:29pm
    #1
    Ava_e
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    Why ?. It not poison in the first few seconds


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  • #2
    nbar12
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    Ava_e wrote: »
    Why ?.

    because there are still clouds in it that weren't destroyed by the water cycle process


  • #3
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Because if the last person used hot water you will get some of it. Also it goes stale after a few days


  • #4
    Seachmall
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    Maybe dirt builds up on the spout.


  • #5
    smash
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    Ava_e wrote: »
    Why ?. It not poison in the first few seconds
    Spiders in the tap. Big hairy spiders!


  • #6
    TOMP
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    Because in the old days many houses had water supplied in lead pipes to the house. Lead is a poison and it was feared that the water standing in the pipes might become contaminated. Hence the advice to run the water for a while before drinking it. Most homes nowadays have water supplied in safer copper pipes


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
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    Aspergillus!


  • #8
    Pilotdude5
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    I do it as a centipede crawled out of my kitchen tap once.


  • #9
    dodderangler
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    Better off sticking with beer
    No worries then


  • #10
    Chuck Stone
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    Pilotdude5 wrote: »
    I do it as a centipede crawled out of my kitchen tap once.

    *shivers*


  • #11
    hfallada
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    Yeah it was because of lead pipes. The pipes in my area are still made of lead as the house were built in the 1930s but most of the oap are a 100.


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  • #12
    olcod
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    Pilotdude5 wrote: »
    I do it as a centipede crawled out of my kitchen tap once.

    You just reminded me of when I was a kid and went to take my inhaler, I nearly choked to death and eventually coughed up an earwig which then scurried away, the thing was obviously inside my inhaler and ended up in my lungs..... urghhhh... still makes me shiver when I think about it.


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