Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for September 05, 2017

That was a Pogo gag, too, one of Seminole Sam’s scams. No idea which came first, may have been an old joke even then.

“‘insntant’ water,” he says. Good one, Sparky.

I think this may have been the inevitable result of things like instant coffee and oatmeal starting to hit the markets big-time in the 1950s. ’Twas a heady time to be an American consumer.

My grandmother (born in the 19th century) was crazy about instant coffee. To me, it tastes burnt.

There is no instant anything. All the work is done before you get it at the store.

So CB invented the Pet Rock!

“I bought some instant water one time, but I didn’t know what to add to it.” —Steven Wright

C.B. should team up with Harry Mudd.

When I was a little guy,5 or 6 years old, and the trolley tracks were being dug up in our town, one of the workers drank water from the faucet on the side of the our house. I was amazed that a person could drink water without a cup. Sheltered life, I guess.

Instant water: an essential ingredient in making stone soup…

instant water is H2. just need to add O and mix.

Wow! I bet you could go into business and sell instant water to people in bottles!!!

Dehydrated water.

http://rabbitty.wikia.com/wiki/File:Bernard_Dehydrated_Water.png

I have two cans of that. 1 gallon each.