Misc: Sprinkler Mishap

I get off work today and had promised my grandpa I would come by and mix up some syrup for his hummingbird feeders. So I get to his house and there is already some mixed up, so all I have to do is fill the feeders and I'm done.

Well not quite, you see filling the feeders includes rinsing them out. Not that any of this is a big deal or anything. I love doing this for him, but to get my story across you need to understand whats going on.

Grandpa tells me to use the hose to rinse out the feeders. So I turn on the hose and of course the end of the hose is about 30 feet away buried in the flower bed. I walk over and find that it is actually attached to a sprinkler and when I get pretty close to the sprinkler it begins going off.

Grandpa doesnt need to get wet, he is on the porch in his pajamas so I try turning the sprinkler but the water pressure just makes it sling around everywhere and then it completely soaks my pants and shoes. I did manage to keep grandpa from getting wet but I always seem to find a way to turn simple things into a mess.