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Racine makes the finals in ‘Best Tasting City Water’ contest Described as “crisp” and “natural,” Racine’s tap water has been selected as one of five finalists from a field of 73 entries in the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ “Best Tasting City Water” competition next month in Baltimore. Racine’s tap water comes from Lake Michigan and passes through a dual-filtration system, making it 99.99999% pure, according to Racine Water and Wastewater Utilities’ general manager Keith Haas. Not that I’m biased or anything, but I bet they win. I mean, really, the other finalists are: Albany, N.Y.; Denton, Texas; Rochester, N.Y.; and Pembroke Pines, Fla., and let’s be honest, those places are all lame. Call me when Dasani starts bottling their water.

Racine makes the finals in ‘Best Tasting City Water’ contest

Described as “crisp” and “natural,” Racine’s tap water has been selected as one of five finalists from a field of 73 entries in the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ “Best Tasting City Water” competition next month in Baltimore.

Racine’s tap water comes from Lake Michigan and passes through a dual-filtration system, making it 99.99999% pure, according to Racine Water and Wastewater Utilities’ general manager Keith Haas.

Not that I’m biased or anything, but I bet they win. I mean, really, the other finalists are: Albany, N.Y.; Denton, Texas; Rochester, N.Y.; and Pembroke Pines, Fla., and let’s be honest, those places are all lame. Call me when Dasani starts bottling their water.

And now for another edition of NEVER, EVER, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOULD THIS HAPPEN IN WISCONSIN, I am absolutely terrified. Pacifica, CA — Police were forced to post warning signs on a popular Pacifica beach today after several witnesses said they saw a great white shark attacking a sea lion close to shore. Say WHAAAAA?! I’m sorry, you’ll have to speak into my good ear. I thought just heard you say that a great white shark was spotted on a beach 45 minutes south of San Francisco. Oh, maybe because that’s exactly what you said. Half a dozen witnesses spotted Shark Week in action early Monday afternoon spazzing out in dark red, blood-saturated waters, sea lion between teeth, thrashing about in a feeding frenzy roughly 200 yards offshore. And get this - up until now, they’ve not had a shark sighting in this area of California in recent memory, like, at all. So the fact that now, out of nowhere, not just any shark, but a great white shark, is trolling for feed around the corner from my apartment? Nah…that doesn’t fuck with my head at all. Nope not even in the least. OK, yes it does. That’s definitely going to haunt my nightmares. Guaranteed.

And now for another edition of NEVER, EVER, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOULD THIS HAPPEN IN WISCONSIN, I am absolutely terrified.

Pacifica, CA — Police were forced to post warning signs on a popular Pacifica beach today after several witnesses said they saw a great white shark attacking a sea lion close to shore.

Say WHAAAAA?!

I’m sorry, you’ll have to speak into my good ear. I thought just heard you say that a great white shark was spotted on a beach 45 minutes south of San Francisco.

Oh, maybe because that’s exactly what you said.

Half a dozen witnesses spotted Shark Week in action early Monday afternoon spazzing out in dark red, blood-saturated waters, sea lion between teeth, thrashing about in a feeding frenzy roughly 200 yards offshore.

And get this - up until now, they’ve not had a shark sighting in this area of California in recent memory, like, at all. So the fact that now, out of nowhere, not just any shark, but a great white shark, is trolling for feed around the corner from my apartment? Nah…that doesn’t fuck with my head at all. Nope not even in the least.

OK, yes it does. That’s definitely going to haunt my nightmares. Guaranteed.

Rough waters on Lake Michigan with Milwaukee skyline on horizon.

Rough waters on Lake Michigan with Milwaukee skyline on horizon.

Wing Creek Dam in Wisconsin,by Peter Patau.

Wing Creek Dam in Wisconsin,by Peter Patau.

thedailywhat: Bottled Water of the Day: Somewhere, a hipster’s head is exploding. [zanypickle.] I’m sick of the hipsters getting all the credit for PBR. Somewhere, a south side fatass Milwaukeean in a yellow stained wifebeater’s head is exploding…

thedailywhat:

Bottled Water of the Day: Somewhere, a hipster’s head is exploding.

[zanypickle.]

I’m sick of the hipsters getting all the credit for PBR. Somewhere, a south side fatass Milwaukeean in a yellow stained wifebeater’s head is exploding…

NYC tap water second only to Stevens Point, Wis.

New York City thinks it’s the cat’s pajamas. The bee’s knees. The be all and end all of the universe.

Well suck it, New York because Stevens Point, Wisconsin (population 25,000) just kicked your ass in the best-tasting drinking water contest. Yeah, that’s right. Drinking water. Not so smug anymore, are you?

Stevens Point won top honors Tuesday in the American Water Works Association’s annual contest for the nation’s best-tasting tap water, held in Chicago, IL. New York took second place, the highest ranking it has ever achieved at the competition.

In a statement, New York City Environmental Protection Commissioner Cas Holloway said the result “confirms a fact that locals have known for decades: New York City water is simply the best.”

Really, Cas? The BEST?? Perhaps we need to revisit some vocabulary flash cards because last time I checked, the definition of BEST was #1, First Place, Numero Uno.

You, my friend, are the best loser, because from what I recall, second place is the top of the LOSER pile, Sir.