# Boston Dopers! Drinking The Water? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-drinking-the-water/537994 "2010-05-02T01:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-drinking-the-water/537994/41 "2010-05-04T11:41:02Z")
Typically, Saugus (my town, and that of a few other Dopers) was the last town to lift the ban, about an hour ago. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-drinking-the-water/537994/42 "2010-05-04T12:51:20Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > [Gov. Patrick lifts water boil order!](http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/05/gov_patrick_lif.html) Yay! The city was nice enough to call me and tell me. I’m pretty impressed with the infrastructure of this city. Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-drinking-the-water/537994/43 "2010-05-04T12:55:15Z")
I just got some bottled water last night. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-drinking-the-water/537994/44 "2010-05-04T16:54:45Z")
Now what am I going to do with all those bottles? At least they were cheap. Excellent job by the MWRA in getting this thing fixed so quickly. Now, they just have to find the coupling at the bottom of the river, so the forensics can be done and the lawsuits filed. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-drinking-the-water/537994/45 "2010-05-04T16:59:45Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Well, you’ve missed the last couple, and don’t think we didn’t notice. I have? I thought I only missed one. Are you sure I’ve been invited to them all? (Kind of kidding. It’s possible that I haven’t kept up enough.) > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Now what am I going to do with all those bottles? At least they were cheap. Please bring them to me at my work. We still haven’t gotten the OK to use our tap water until the hospital itself finishes flushing everything, which means I am still using bottled water to make my coffee. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-drinking-the-water/537994/46 "2010-05-04T20:51:03Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > I have? I thought I only missed one. Aha! So you did know about it. So, I’m supposed to flush out the pipes by running the water until it’s cold, but the bad water is not safe for hand washing. Do I run it until it looks cold, or just stick my foot under the tap? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-drinking-the-water/537994/47 "2010-05-04T20:53:01Z")
You can feel the temperature with the inside of your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Anaptyxis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anaptyxis/32/3171_2.png) [@Anaptyxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaptyxis)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-drinking-the-water/537994/48 "2010-05-04T21:16:22Z")
I think you run the tap until the extra arm you grew over the weekend falls off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-drinking-the-water/537994.md?page=2)