because usually
bath tap water is from the header tank, so can be contaminated with all manner of impurities. often for plumbing simplicity, the bathroom cold tap is fed from the same pipe

you can check by putting your finger over the end while the tap is on.
if you can stop the cold water flowing without it pissing all over you, it's from the tank and shouldn't be drunk
( mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 18:56, 3 replies)

In her mind
it was toilet water that came out the tap :P

Ours does come out with the force of 50 elephants though, I used to have hours of fun drenching the bathroom as a kid by using my thumb to spray water everywhere :D
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 18:59, closed)

^^ Also, I'm pretty sure it's a legal requirement or British Standard that the kitchen tap is mains fed

(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 19:19, closed)

I used to drink from the header tank at my parents house.
Seeing as i did it for as long as i can remember before i fucked off to university I guess it just strengthened the immune system.

I occasionally use the tap in the bog here to get water, but judging by the volume I'd guess it's mains fed. Although it is a downstairs bathroom, so there would be more back-pressure.

That said, I am fully aware of everything you said, and was aware of it for most of the time i was doing it. I was also too lazy to go to the kitchen.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 23:14, closed)