The Buckets by Greg Cravens for April 05, 2020

Your mother clearly disagrees with your premise.

There are other ways to shoo a fly off the window than with a garden hose.

All great ideas will inevitably face opposition

Another creative genius stifled in the cradle.

Our water pressure is about 90 psi, a standard garden hose and pistol nozzle makes a mess quickly – i’d take no chances with him aiming, too.

We were visiting my grandparents, all of us sitting out on the front porch. Sister, aged about 12-13, trying to be funny dumps a glass of water in grandfathers lap. He doesn’t react how most folks would. He just goes; “Humph” sits there a moment then gets up and goes inside without a word spoken. We are all, “uh oh! Sis is in big trouble, grandpa is *issed!” A moment later grandpa walks out the door with the running garden hose and nails sis!

Another great idea put on the back shelf.

Reminds me of a bad experience I had in the early Seventies. New water bed, garden hose, loose connection and a ruined shag carpet.

I can vaguely remember in my youth gettin’ the ‘What were thinkin’’ look.

Looking back at my childhood.