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The one that nearly got away.

splash62
splash62
We are still having hot dry weather and I have to water every night. I have a wonderful yellow sprinkler, the best one I\'ve ever had. Unbeknownst to me, my daughter picked it up and put it on top of my car so that I would see it. (!) So I was driving along and heard a clatter, there in the rear vision mirror I see my sprinkler on the road. Get out of the car and quick as a flash a guy darts out his gate, grabs my sprinkler and heads back up his driveway. All I can think is \"oh no he\'s not getting my yellow sprinkler!\" and this overweight granny dashes after him yelling indignantly \"Excuse me, excuse me!\" He must have heard but didn\'t look back so I chased him down his driveway and yelled \"that\'s my sprinkler! It fell off my car!\" He looked sheepish and handed it over. Fellow gardeners, I\'m sure you understand. NObody messes with a gardener and her favourite sprinkler!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Oh, good for you!! I would have to run after my sprinkler too.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I can't believe that rotten fellow, grabbing your beloved sprinkler! What a jerk. I'm glad you were able to get it back.

My mother dropped her cash at a hot dog stand in the park last summer, and two young people grabbed it and ran off, she got in her car with the hot dog vendor and found them, snatched the money out of the girl's hand, but the guy had stuffed a lot of it into his pockets already, so wouldn't give it back. What shameless rotten people. And my mother is 78 years old. She's got gumption, but she could have had a heart attack!
deleted_user
deleted_user
What a bugger, sprinkler snatcher, some people are just awful!!! Glad ya got it back. As for the two money grabbers, mom needs to carry a walking stick .......one she can swing if such an occasion should come up again!! They'd have a tough time explaining to an officer why a gran had given them lumps!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
It's funny but even with a bad knee I would have dragged my leg and chased the guy down too. I'm glad you got it back. It's awful what you hear people doing. Thankfully your mom didn't get hurt lobeliapepp, it's just a shame she had to go thru that.
thegardener
thegardener
lol, this made me chuckle and good for you, i would have done the same, and i am glad you got it back again.
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