Is water essential???? I don't think so.

One of the great joys that comes with renting is getting to work with landlords/maintenance people.
For some reason our apartment has developed a plumbing problem, not a big deal if you can get it fixed reasonably quickly... yeah... lets get that one fixed.
Aside from the drama of trying to convince management that we do need to have running water, I have learned a lot about water this week.
People say that water is essential for life... I don't believe that any more. Water isn't essential, it's quintessential.
Don't know what that means? Neither did I until this water fiasco. Quintessential mean essential*essential*essential*essential*essential or essential^5, and that definitely describes water.

Did you know that without water you can't wash your dishes, then your kitchen stinks, then you don't want to eat, then you starve to death and die. water is essential^1.
Did you know that without water you can't brush your teeth, then your wife doesn't want to kiss you, then you don't care about living, then you die. water is essential^2.
Did you know that without water your houseplants dry up, then you have no oxygen in your house (because oxygen comes from plants), then you suffocate and die. water is essential^3.
Did you know that without water you can't shower...follow the same logic as number 2...then you die. water is essential^4.
Did you know that without water you can't flush your toliet. Then your apartment reaks, then you want to die, then you die. Water is essential^5.

Obviously water is not essential but quintessential. I also have noticed that without water you can't drink water. Assuming that never drinking water would lead to death would make water a sexessential, but that sounds weird so we'll forget about that and keep water my number one quintessential element.