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Flint · 06-07-2007, 01:28 PM

I was eating something in the car, and when I was done with the whole thing I took a drink to "wash it down" ...

I thought about the phrase "wash it down" and it's literal meaning, as I felt the food particles goe down my gullet.

I thought about how we usually drink as a part of a meal, drinking between bites, instead of waiting and taking a drink to "wash it down" ...

I began to wonder under what circumstances a primitive hunter gatherer would have such easy access to drinking water. I concluded our evolutionary ancestors would not have had the resources to drink an unlimited amount of water; they would not have water on hand at the same moment that they had food, or vice versa.

I then thought that this constant, unnatural liquid intake might be diluting our digestive juices. I thought, our bodies probably ramp up production to compensate for this. And as a result, we have some of the health problems that we do.

06-07-2007, 01:28 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Simultaneously Eating and Drinking I was eating something in the car, and when I was done with the whole thing I took a drink to "wash it down" ... I thought about the phrase "wash it down" and it's literal meaning, as I felt the food particles goe down my gullet. I thought about how we usually drink as a part of a meal, drinking between bites, instead of waiting and taking a drink to "wash it down" ... I began to wonder under what circumstances a primitive hunter gatherer would have such easy access to drinking water. I concluded our evolutionary ancestors would not have had the resources to drink an unlimited amount of water; they would not have water on hand at the same moment that they had food, or vice versa. I then thought that this constant, unnatural liquid intake might be diluting our digestive juices. I thought, our bodies probably ramp up production to compensate for this. And as a result, we have some of the health problems that we do. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**