get hosed!!! (garden hose)

[BrandonSilva]

There are certain products that I usually don't think much about....garden hoses are one of them. Recently I had some free time so I thought I'd waste it (what else) with a stroll through Home Depot. Tools, plumbing, Lumber, electrical, flooring, and then last but not least...Lawn & Garden......ahhh the soothing sounds of the lawn & Garden department shade...and just the right amount of mist. Now, it's a rare occasion that I leave any home improvement store empty handed so my mind starts brainstorming...do I need anymore shrubs? no, trees? no, shovels? no.....nothing? ahhh GARDEN HOSE!!! nothing wrong with buying another garden hose right? that green kink-whore of a hose I had at home was definitely ready for replacement. "No brainer buy" I thought and snatched up the closest "green machine" on the shelf and was ready to split...easy breezy!!! I feel good...I feel great...I feel like a million bucks and then it hit me....son of a bitch....you know the feeling when you're in a public place and you can feel a set of eyes on you. About 5ft away tucked under the shelf was a stack of what looked to be a garden hose on steriods. I approached it slowly,with caution, and started to look it over "goodyear industrial" it said on the label..."motherfucker" I thought..."they're pulling me in". But naturally I glanced at the price...$45!!! thank god!!....no way in hell!!! right? don't read any further just walk out with the $10 shit-hose and be done with it. wait there's more on the label "Premium heavy duty reinforced PVC water hose"....all I could hear was that "heavenly-choir" sound as I read that sentence. There's no way the piece of shit hose I had in my hand could live up to THAT!!!....but $45!!! dilemma? shouldn't be...but there I was...contemplating...my grandpa would have kicked my ass knowing that I was about to pay that much for a garden hose. But then I thought...no kinks....lifetime warranty!!! SOOOLD!!! I hauled ass home and hooked it up....I AM SPARTACUS!!! (water shooting out of the nozzle).....cadillac water hose....I think not...this "PVC reinforced" hose kinks up as much if not MORE and EASIER than the $10 noodle...go figure...well at least it's got a lifetime warranty and I have some free time...off to home depot I go to swap it for a new one....I heard they have a crazy battery-powered plunger...(ready the heavenly choir)