EU: Water doesn't keep you hydrated

[Serika]

Lawmakers in the EU, in what seems like an effort to not be outdone by America's decision to make pizza a vegetable, have declared that drinking water will not help you avoid dehydration. Now bottled water producers who make that claim can face 2 years in prison.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html

http://memebase.com/2011/11/21/internet-memes-you-dont-say/


Their brains must be dehydrated from not drinking enough water.

[FallenStar]

Obviously, they must not know the chemical name for water:  Dihydrogen monoxide.

If they had, they'd know that, to hydrate someone, you need only "hydrogen". 

[Drying]

I was gonna post this.

Best thing is, they apparently spent three years on research before coming to that conclusion.

Now I wonder about removing water. In other words, is a baked pizza not a dried vegetable?