Canadians don't like bottled water

I've long thought that bottled water was the stupidest invention this side of the Furby. Unless of course you're traveling to Mexico.

Now the Canadians are trying to do something about it, as they're thinking about banning bottled water. Plastic bottles take a lot of resources to make and since Canadian water is probably full of special Canadian qualities, like not being from LA, that you may not see very many bottles in the land to the north.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has asked Canadian cities and towns to phase out the sale and purchase of bottled water on municipal property.

The federation board of directors passed the anti-bottle resolution at a meeting in Victoria on Saturday.

The move carries no legal weight and aims simply to encourage municipalities to speak out against bottled water and avoid distributing it when possible.

"It's not a ban, we just try to educate our citizens that the water that you pay for in your city is good — use it," said FCM president Jean Perrault, the mayor of Sherbrooke, Que.

This seems like a very Canadian thing to do, right up there with having every governmental sign in French and English and overall being the friendliest country in the world. I'm waiting for them to invent the hovercraft, solve world hunger and get us on this economic recession.

I'm counting on them, and that's why I'm starting to grow facial hair, watch hockey and paint my house neon green.

(If you've heard of the crazy house color habits on the Canadians, then you must be from Washington. We're pretty snooty.)