http://www.cbc.ca/thisisthat/blog/2012/11/07/texas-town-adds-sugar-to-water-supply-to-encourage-residents-to-drink-more-water/

Texas town adds sugar to water supply to encourage residents to drink more water

Talon is small town located in Pecos County, Texas. When town officials realized that drinking-water consumption by residents was well below the national average, they decided take action and three months ago began adding sugar to their water supply to make drinking it more desirable. According to Hester Griggs, the Commissioner of Utilities for Talon, they are adding roughly "4 tablespoons of sugar for every 8 oz. cup of water." Earlier today, Pat Kelly spoke with Mr. Griggs to find out how residents are responding to this initiative.

Just one question - what the hell are diabetics supposed to do?

Just one question - what the hell are diabetics supposed to do?

And that's why god created Obamacare.

What the......

4 Tablespoons per 8 oz??

If it's good enough for corporate Coca Cola it's good enough for Texass.

It's a hoax.



Outline
Messages circulating via social media, blogs and forum posts claim that a town in Texas has added sugar to its water supply in an effort to encourage residents to drink more water.

Brief Analysis
The claims in the messages are untrue. The story came from an entirely fabricated "news" report published on the website of Canadian satirical radio program "This is That". The story gained traction after it was picked up and published as truthful information by some mainstream news outlets.

Remember what Judge Judy would say: "If it doesn't sound right, it's probably not."

"This is That"

Never heard of it.
Lots of things don't "sound right" in Murrica and yet they turn out to be true and we're doing a damn fine job in catching up to the foolishness.

I haven't either. But upon reading the above "news report," I just knew it couldn't be true. It was too far-fetched. So I looked into it, and my suspicions that it was a hoax were confirmed.

Good gag... but plausible given the nature of some of the yahoos out there.