>If that waterman had been an obamanite, someone might be in jail. Watter Man: Listen comrade, the Leader Obama has ordained that no vun shall vater lawnskis. Turn off vater or I arrestski.
On Aug 27, 7:25 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > If that waterman had been an obamanite, someone might be in jail. > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > *Subject:* [RumblesAList] Wet RTS > > > When driving home yesterday, the news comes on and says that the main > > water pump that feeds the elevated storage tank in Jarrell had broken and > > that water restrictions would be in place until "further notice". > > > I collect rain water in a 1700 gallon cistern and use it to water my lawn > > and gardens. I turned the irrigation system on around 8:30 last night. A > > guy knocks on my door about 9:00: > > > Water Man: I'm with the HOA. This area is under water restrictions. You > > can't water your lawn. > > Me: I don't use HOA water to water the lawn. I have my own supply. > > Water Man: You can't water your lawn, sir; this area is under water > > restrictions. > > Me: I'm not using water from the your tank. I have a cistern in the back > > that I collect rain water in. My irrigation system only uses water from > > that tank. It is not even connected to the districts water supply. You can > > check the meter. > > Water Man: Doesn't matter. The rule says you can't water your lawn. > > Me: What if my dog pees on the lawn. Is that allowed? > > Water Man: <puzzled look> > > Me: My dog peeing on the lawn costs this district the same amount of water > > as me using my own water supply to water the lawn. So why should my dog be > > allowed to pee on the lawn but I can't use my own water supply. > > Water Man: It isn't fair that you get to water outside when no one else > > can. > > Me: <deep breath>... I paid for the water reclamation system and the > > cistern and the plumbing supplies and put the out the effort to install it > > all. How is it not fair that I get to use it? > > Water Man: No one else can water their gardens. > > Me: Did you vote for Obama? > > Water Man: What? No. I'm a Republican. > > Me: Do you realize that your argument against me using my own water supply > > is Socialism? If the co-ops electric supply goes down... should I shut off > > my windmill so that my lights go out just like every one else? > > Water Man: <hurt look becomes look of realization> I get your point. > > Sorry to bother you. > > > Another satisfied customer. > > > Pepsiman > > > __._,_.___ > > > Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional > > Change settings via the > > Web<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RumblesAList/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJnYWoycWRl...>(Yahoo! > > ID required) > > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily > > Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>| > > Switch > > to Fully > > Featured<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Fully+Featured> > > Visit Your Group > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RumblesAList;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcTNtcW5qBF9TA...>| > > Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>| Unsubscribe > > <[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > __,_._,___ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
