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on drinking from a garden hose

do you spit or swallow?

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Jim Dalling
May 07, 2025
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The young ladies were all showing off their special, expensive, coveted water bottles that are all the rage these days.

I hate bottled water. Even more than that though? I hate those bespoke cantines and water bottles that have been all the rage over the years.

I am a drinking fountain fan.

I’ll drink outta the sink in a public washroom if thirsty enough.

With their fancy Eyephones and their fancy glued on eye lashes, I needed to give these bimbies an eye opening.

When was the last time you drank from a garden hose?

They replied by recoiling.

Drink from a hose? That tastes gross - it’s all warm and rubbery and disgusting.

This sums up pretty much everything that’s wrong with the raised on tech younger generation.

They are plastic, polyester and virtual through and through.

Everything comes to them in an instant. Or an insta or a snap.

We used to go for coffee and talk.

Now?

Their talks are prefaced with ticks.

You young ladies just don’t get it. You’re either too stupid, too impatient or a bit o…

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