Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Fiji water: 1632

The water of Jordan hath beene transported to Venice in barrels, for that purity it hath; which will reserve unspoiled, both moneths and yeares, and the longer it is kept, it is the more fresher; and to drinke it, is an excellent remedy for the fever quartan or quotidian, being neare in vertue to the Wine of Libanon.
--From The totall discourse of the rare adventures...--

The modern version isn't allowed to make those sort of health claims, but they're kind of assumed.

1 comment:

Trooper York said...

No they still sell it. It is just not water. But Michael Jordan's sweat. Lot's of people buy it to become better atheletes.

Or maybe it's shoes.

Whatever.