If you're not thirsty, you could need a drink because
someone else is thirsty
you need to fill your bathtub
the plants need watering
you are warm and sweating
you... aha!
The man wanted to break up with his girlfriend by throwing water over her like they do in the commercials. But, she was the barkeep's mother in law and the barkeep wanted the man to stay with her and take her somewhere far, far away...