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EARTHDATE: March 19, 2006

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REAL LIFE NEWS: TURNING WATER INTO BEER

I feel obliged to report this because it's just such a great story, but the likelihood is that you have already read about it because it was picked up by just about every news organization and every blogger in the whole world.

But in case you haven't read it yet... a Norwegian woman went to her kitchen and turned on the tap, only find that instead of water, what came out was beer! Was it a miracle? No, the cause was something much more mundane: her apartment was above the Big Tower Bar, and a plumber had accidentally cross-connected her water supply with the bar's beer conduit.

How wonderful for Haldis Gundersen - the woman in question - to be delivered free beer, although she did note that the beverage was "flat and tasted odd". Not so wonderful for patrons of the bar, who presumably got a glass of water when they were expecting beer!

Per Egil Myrvang, who works for the local beer distributor, explained, "The water and beer pipes do touch each other, but you have to be really creative to connect them together". The "problem" was rectified quickly so the bar's patrons were able to get their beer, and Haldis was able to do her washing up.


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