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Default My new 10$ garden hose from Family Dollar came with a warning

On 5/25/2012 4:28 PM, ImStillMags wrote:

> Oh you can still drink out of the hose if you want. Don't you
> remember what the water tasted like back in those days when you drank
> out of a hose....it tasted like you were drinking out of a hose. I'm
> sure the hose that is manufactured today is no different than the one
> you drank out of as a kid. I bet the water tastes the same today
> when you drink it. The only difference is that today it is required
> by law for those warnings to be posted.
>
> Personally I never would drink out of a hose, I couldn't stand that
> taste.


My mother would tell us kids to drink out of the hose (rather
than letting dirty feet into the house). It tastes horrible!
It's the SAME WATER! Then you come drink out of the hose if it's
so good. (laugh) You know I never said that last line, no one wants
that wooden spoon punishment for talking back.

nancy