SC - Is drinking water "period"

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/18/00 12:25:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
phelpsd at gate.net writes:

> Actually I suspect they needed a steady source of water for a myriad of
>  purposes.  Cisterns flowed to sinks for washing and scrubbing up.  The
>  Romans had communal bath rooms with key hole shaped privy holes, I've seen
>  pictures.  The sewage was deposited directly into trough filled with 
flowing
>  water.
>  

Yeah, but did they drink it at feasts??  I think that was the original 
question.

Such a strange fascination, as I wallow in waste
That such a trivial victory could put a smile on your face.
                                        - Mark Burgess