There's no water.
The tap gave a sad little drizzle and then, even that stopped. I feel terribly stinky. And thirsty. And stumped.
Finally, when I found myself eying the water in the watering can I figured it was time to go to the supermarket to buy a couple of bottles of mineral water.
A note on the door of our house says there's a leak in the neighbouring street and they don't know how long this emergency maintenance will take. Better stock up.
It's only 19 cents for one and a half litre. It should be the most expensive thing in the world because nobody can afford to go without it. If the going price was one hundred times that, it would still sell, because without any liquid you'd die in about 4 days. (That quick? Scary.)
But it's dirt cheap. There's just so much of it, and so readily available. The most annoying aspect was carrying the heavy bottles home, not having to pay for it.
I remember living in a place with a green water pump on the street. You pressed the lever and fresh ground water spewed onto the street, or ideally into your bucket or watering can. I cannot remember where it was, we moved so much, but I want that now. A garden with my own ground water pump.
Water Diamond Oxymoron
Diamonds are expensive even though they are of no use to beast nor men*. Water is cheap, even though our entire existence depends on it.
*Yes, I know, industry cutting devices. But there is no reason why an individual would ever need to use (not want) a diamond.
Finally, when I found myself eying the water in the watering can I figured it was time to go to the supermarket to buy a couple of bottles of mineral water.
A note on the door of our house says there's a leak in the neighbouring street and they don't know how long this emergency maintenance will take. Better stock up.
It's only 19 cents for one and a half litre. It should be the most expensive thing in the world because nobody can afford to go without it. If the going price was one hundred times that, it would still sell, because without any liquid you'd die in about 4 days. (That quick? Scary.)
But it's dirt cheap. There's just so much of it, and so readily available. The most annoying aspect was carrying the heavy bottles home, not having to pay for it.
I remember living in a place with a green water pump on the street. You pressed the lever and fresh ground water spewed onto the street, or ideally into your bucket or watering can. I cannot remember where it was, we moved so much, but I want that now. A garden with my own ground water pump.
Water Diamond Oxymoron
Diamonds are expensive even though they are of no use to beast nor men*. Water is cheap, even though our entire existence depends on it.
*Yes, I know, industry cutting devices. But there is no reason why an individual would ever need to use (not want) a diamond.