Nieft / Secola wrote:
> An interesting aside. Some instinctos claim there is a mechanical
satiation
> to drinking which happens much sooner than the taste satiation. The trick
> is that water must be lapped up with the head in a horizontal position
like
> most other mammals, as from standing water like bobbing for apples ;)
> Anyway, they claim that if one only drinks that way when thirsty that they
> get as satisfied from much less water.
In the Soviet Army they teach people how to drink so that you quench
your
thirst with less water - take VERY SMALL gulps. I've tried it and it
seems
to work. (Btw, I got this from a book, don't know how authentic this
story
really is).

Ilya