Monday, July 10, 2006
Do You Hate Water Features?
Have you noticed in the last couple of years how garden centres seem to have almost as much space taken up with displaying water features as they do displaying plants? It seems to be the trendy thing to do these days.
Well, I reckon there will be more than your average number of males reading this, so it seems the perfect time to find out something that's had me wondering?
Am I the only person in the world who hates water features?
It's nothing to do with aesthetics; it's the effect that the bloody things have on me! I know they are meant to bring a feeling of peace and tranquillity but they certainly don't to me. They just have the effect of sending me in search of the nearest loo....urgently.
I'm not referring to my post-op problems here. This has been the effect they've had on me for at least 5 or 6 years. A bit like Pavlov's experiment with his dog, the moment I see and here the trickling water on a fountain or some other fancy water feature, I am desperately in need of a pee!
So, help me out here. I'm dying to know:
- Do you like water features?
- Would you have one in your garden?
- If you do have one in your garden, would you like to rip it out?
Go on, click at the bottom with your answers YES or NO. You can remain anonymous but it would be interesting to know your age group e.g. under 40, over 50, over the hill and whether you are male or female.
A male who is just under 40.
: 8:09 am Anyway, the answers are No, No and I persuaded my wife and daughter that they were dirty things and I wasn't going to be the one cleaning it in our garden. It worked!
: 10:25 am Being his idea, its his problem to clean and maintain...but I do like it running in the evening in summer. Makes you feel a little cooler even if it doesn't make a scrap of difference to the temperature!
As for other effects... it doesn't seem to work like that with me and, to tell you the truth, I haven't asked him(57)!
Female, 51
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