High Tide
November 23rd, 2005Someone once told me that London water was the cleanest in the world because it had been filtered by at least 16 sets of kidneys before it reaches your kitchen – which is a pleasant thought…
After testing the Thames to see how much of London's cocaine makes it back into the water supply, the results are shocking. Nearly 4% of Londoners are candying their noses, amounting to over 150,000 lines being consumed per day.
Even after treatment in the sewage plants, the water still contains a concentration of around 80,000 lines that have been passed back into circulation! That's amazing on several levels. From a public health perspective, I'd be interested how much of that coke makes it back into the actual drinking water. It could be a self sustaining addiction cycle for London's population, and it would certainly explain why they all act the way they do…
On the cost side of things, I wonder if consumers realise that they're pissing away about 20 quid's worth every time they buy a gram? It's only a matter of time until some enterprising cockney starts evaporating it back out of the Thames for resale to the be-burberryed chomping chav hordes, who'll be only too pleased to find a discount source that doesn't smell of semi-digested latex… ;-)