# How the hell did I end up with so many water bottles?

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**Created:** [February 18, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-with-so-many-water-bottles/979996 "2023-02-18T17:31:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-with-so-many-water-bottles/979996/21 "2023-02-20T00:49:34Z")

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I’m on the other extreme of the spectrum from you guys …

I just (well past 6 months) **researched** and bought 2 ss-water bottles. I hate to admit it, but I am THAT guy … the guy who studies waterbottles before comitting to a $9 purchase. 🤦‍♂️

Both from Decathlon (one of the few outlets that have actually time/temperature curves for their vacuum bottles!!!), a 0.5L normal one w/ flip-top and a 0.4L vacuum one (for coffee).

I am happy with both - they do their job beautifully … are of good size and fit my backpack

Our teenage daughters, on the other side … plenty of glass/plastic/alu bottles in all kinds of sizes and designs …

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-with-so-many-water-bottles/979996/22 "2023-02-20T23:45:32Z")

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> [@Al128](#):
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> Both from Decathlon

I love Decathlon for that reason. Their stuff just works well.

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**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-with-so-many-water-bottles/979996/23 "2023-02-21T06:35:42Z")

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> [@DavidNRockies](#):
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> A wise woman once opined that:
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> > I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
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> So, there’s that.

I have always associated this saying with **Fred** Allen, the now all-but-forgotten genius radio comedian. However, I wanted my post to be accurate, so I entered the phrase into [Quote Investigator](https://quoteinvestigator.medium.com/id-rather-have-a-free-bottle-in-front-of-me-than-a-prefrontal-lobotomy-3a98fc5717f0).

Much to my surprise, their always impeccably documented research shows it was probably created by **Steve** Allen. Go figure.

Is the wise woman you’re referring to possibly **Dorothy Parker**? She said/wrote many clever sayings, but not this one.

Other people to whom this quote has been misattributed include Tom Waits (who used on a 1977 appearance on _Fernwood Tonight_) and John Prine.

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