Hippies Sign Water Banning Petition

[scrubadub]

Interesting clip by Penn and Teller showing how easy it is to get people to ban things - just give it a scary name.

YouTube - Penn And Teller Get Hippies To Sign Water Banning Petition

 

[CandyGirl]

so very true. joiners. i love penn and teller. the truth is out there, but you have to have cable and/or internet access to get it. lol.

 

[surbitonPete]

That's so funny and so true.

Recently my pet hate has become the word 'BAN' ...I hate hearing it....it's become the in thing to BAN this and BAN that .....the word is driving me crazzzyyyyyyyy.

 

[LaceyUnderall]

Typical Americans! We will believe anything we are told! LOL!

 

[surbitonPete]

They didn't have a clue what they were agreeing to ban yet they still signed it......the worst thing is that most people will more than happily sign 'any' petition to ban anything if they think it won't affect them but someone else.

 

[LaceyUnderall]

And to further that idea... many people will HATE anyone they are told to HATE as well. I can totally see how people can lose faith in their fellow man.

 

[SupplierX]

That is from P&T's series "Bull****" it is a great series, I highly recomend watching the whole series

 

[surbitonPete]

That is from P&T's series "Bull****" it is a great series, I highly recomend watching the whole series

I honestly think there should be school lessons devoted to the kind of things brought up in shows like that.

 

[Jammi98]

That joke has been around for a while

snopes.com: Dihydrogen Monoxide

I do love P&T though, and as always they do a masterful job of it.

I've always thought the reason critical thinking wasn't taught in school was because then the kiddies would have too many uncomfortable questions for their teachers.

 

[surbitonPete]

I've always thought the reason critical thinking wasn't taught in school was because then the kiddies would have too many uncomfortable questions for their teachers.

lol .......the worst thing is that you might even be right....we can't have a generation of people growing up thinking for themselves and asking questions.

 

[CandyGirl]

one of their best:

YouTube - The Truth About Bottled Water

 

[K-Sound Krew]

That joke has been around for a while

Another old joke is "get me a left handed wrench"

P&T BS is a great show, btw

 

[CandyGirl]

i'm still looking for my brass magnet. lol.

 

[surbitonPete]

The sad thing is that there are still millions of very 'intelligent' people convinced bottled water is better ......it's no wonder it isn't hard to program someone to be a suicide bomber.

 

[K-Sound Krew]

The sad thing is that there are still millions of very 'intelligent' people convinced bottled water is better ......it's no wonder it isn't hard to program someone to be a suicide bomber.

I only drink booze and gatorade, but tap water here has a lot of flouride and chlorine

It's a sweet nasty that burns your eyes, so it's not complete BS
but I don't like water even if it's mixed with scotch

 

[Rorschach]

That joke has been around for a while

snopes.com: Dihydrogen Monoxide

I do love P&T though, and as always they do a masterful job of it.

I've always thought the reason critical thinking wasn't taught in school was because then the kiddies would have too many uncomfortable questions for their teachers.

I remember this. It was pre-1997.
I remember it circulating my chemistry class in 95-96.

 

[tribalmasters]

Great video but why as with everything to do with American TV did they have to add swearing when they really didn't need to?

 

[The Widow]

This is too funny. Can't believe it's still doing the rounds.

I actually used this 8 years ago in an Internet Use class for High School students as an exercise in background verification of internet publications. At first view 90% of the class was ready to ban right now, after I had them research 3 independent sources they were so embarrassed I don't think they ever accepted anything published on the web at face value again.

 

[smokindeuce]

I only drink booze and gatorade, but tap water here has a lot of flouride and chlorine

It's a sweet nasty that burns your eyes, so it's not complete BS
but I don't like water even if it's mixed with scotch

LOL - sounds like a good plan!!

I'm not sure what the regulations on bottled/tap water are in the States, but I remember reading a while ago that the maximum allowable concentrations of things like fluoride in bottled water (in the UK) is actually higher than what is allowed in our tap water, so I guess tap water is still the drink of choice.

Fluoride was actually originally a byproduct of aluminium production and they had so much of the stuff kicking about that some genius eventually discovered its other properties commonly associated with oral hygiene... there are those conspiracists out there who also believe that the addition of fluoride to our water is a mind control technique used by governments to keep us all happily oblivious to their constant f&%k ups! 8-o

The fall of the Roman empire was believed to be down to the fact that they used lead pipes to carry their water which then reacted with their drinking water and sent them all loopy!!

Enough water facts for one day.... my Grandpa used to work for the water works so has told me loads of interesting stories!! Having seen the finer details of the tap water preparation processes, he now only drinks bottled water... apparently tap water in the London area is recycled around 7 times!! 8-o

 

[wv2win]

Typical Americans! We will believe anything we are told! LOL!

I think the last election proved that! (I'm sorry, just couldn't resist)