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Would You Pay $40 for a Bottle of Water?

August 21, 2008 at 9:31 AM | 0 Comments

We assume and hope the answer to this question is going to be a resounding "hells no," but we have to ask: would someone really pay $40.00 for a bottle of water?

London's Claridge's Hotel thinks so.

The hotel (which has a Water Menu, believe it or not) sells -- for reals -- bottles of water that range in price from about $9 USD to about $40 USD. 40 dollars. For water.

One of the most expensive bottle on the menu (that we can see, anyway) seems to be something called Just Born Spring Drops, which is presumably bottled from the tears of newborn babies. Royal newborn babies, even.

Also on the menu is 10 Thousand B.C., a bottle of water that can be yours for about $28 USD. The high price, says Maclean's, is due to the fact that the water is sourced in British Columbia's Coast Mountains range. It's priced at $38.50 per liter -- or 5,000 times the cost of tap water.

Ew. Any water that costs 40 bucks a bottle had better be able to reverse the aging process, slim our thighs, and make Chace Crawford appear in bed next to us.