Abstinence Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.YOU MAY ALSO LIKE ยปYou can’t trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.I never drink water. I’m afraid it will become habit-forming.Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart.The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.