One of my fondest memories of childhood was going to Florida in the summertime to visit my dad and getting to sample the aromatic water of the area. Normal water pales in comparison with its flavorless, odorless blandness. But parts of Florida are lucky enough to have a very special water. It has the precise bouquet of an aged boiled egg, and the flavor reflects the same.
Nothing is quite as refreshing as a sip of this exquisite liquid from a drinking fountain in a park on a hot day. Nothing is as invigorating as walking down the street while several houses water their lawns with the stuff.
One year I was at a day camp and they treated us daily to Kool-aid made from this heavenly nectar… the sweet fruit punch flavor combined with the sulphur was a truly unique blend.
Ah, how I miss those days. I wish we could get such water here in Virginia…
Yes, praise be to Pur, Brita and home water softening and filtration systems. You never really get used to the smell. And now my folks house uses “reclaimed” water for their sprinkler systems, which scarce smells like roses.
BTW, OpalCat, certain childhood memories are meant to be repressed and not relived.
Yum…icky Florida water. Disney has that water in some of their parks (but not all…hmm…). It’s clearly a conspiracy to force me to buy overpriced drinks from the vendors.
I was in a hotel in Altamonte Springs a few years ago and eventually gave up on actually breathing while in the bathroom. Nasty, nasty smell that never went away. It was almost like the oniony-tasting water that my orthodontist always had in his office to rinse your mouth out with, only ten times worse. I’m glad I live where I do. The only problem with the water here is the occasional taste of minerals if you drink too much.
I encountered this ater for the fist time in Georgia. Th taste even permeated he fountain Coca Cola (I assume through sulfur=water ice cubes). I culdn’t stand it.
Years later, while living in Utah, I drove north through Idaho and encountered volcanic hot springs. Th naturally-heated water reeked of sulfur. There were swmming pools full of it. I left immediately.
You don’t have to go to Florida for wonderful water. We have plenty of it here in Ohio. Usually it’s well water. That’s right you pay somone to dig you a hole so you can have putrid water. Don’t tell me we don’t know how to have a good time.
My parent’s house had water that smelled like sulfur, and was loaded with iron and rust. Nothing says fun like greyish brown
clothes that smell like brimstone. You learned to drink very quickly, while not breathing.
Ah, the joys of Brita! I dropped mine last Friday… didn’t touch the water until I could get to the store and replace it. I can’t think of the last time I’ve actually tasted unfiltered Florida water, and I’m quite grateful for this.
Feh-- Whidby Island, WA. (“Pardon our noise, it’s the Sound of Ffreedom!”)
After so many years of seeing soap lather it was interesting to be exposed to a substance that makes it curdle.
But at least it didn’t stink, I guess.
(And I still can’t believe those drunk, obnoxious sailors’ opening line was really a menacing “You’re not from around here, are you?” I didn’t think people actually tried to start fights, or beatings, that way.)
The worst water I ever smelled was well-water Osoyoos, B.C., in which a racoon had drowned and subsequently returned to it’s component elements. I wonder if any municipality has a reservoir of that? It would make for green lawns, anyway.
The well that pumps my neighborhood’s water is just across the street. The water tastes more like chlorine. No detectable sulphur. It’s just like drinking diluted pool water, without urine and floaty-toys.
One of our houses here in Clay County had a shallow well that we only used for watering - it was heavily sulphurous, but our grass looked good! The house before that had a deep well, and the water was wonderful - right out of the aquifer! We’re on city water here, so it’s as bland as anywhere.
Our water has so much of something in it, that if I hang a wahcloth on our drippy faucet, it bleaches it out. It smells and taste okay, but the texture is a little thicker than water should be.