The 2,000,000th post game

Mick Jagger was in JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN with Johnny Depp, who was in BLACK MASS with Kevin Bacon.

What did one wall say to the other? I'll meet you at the corner.

TOMORROW IS

Yes, I know we technically “agreed”.

TBF, though...

...I never intended to keep up my end.

The truth is, I just needed your help.

And now...

...the hippo is back in its enclosure.

And

The term “Watering Can” is believed to have been coined by Lord Timothy George of Cornwall, an avid gardener who wrote about watering cans in his diary in 1692. Before this containers used to water the plants in the gardens were simply known as “Watering Pots”

For literally hundreds of years the popular style for watering pots (cans) had one large handle that arched from the front to the back of the can; this made it hard to balance the can whilst watering plants that were on higher shelving.

In 1885 an Englishman named John Haws applied for and was issued the first ever patent on a watering pot (can) with a new handle design. His patent claimed:

“This new invention forms a Watering Pot that is much easier to carry, and at the same time being much cleaner, and more adapted for use than any put before the public”.

The key innovation his Haws design was the addition of a second handle. The previous French design had just one large front to back handle. However, Haws design had a “carrying” handle on top and a “tipping” handle on the back of the can to allow a more even distribution of water.

The Haws watering can is still popular today, though Michael Deas, did later also get a patent by replacing the top mounted handle created by Haws and mounting a single round handle at the back for ease of pouring. The slight improvement took off and is still a popular design that is seen today.

The spout on a watering can is capped with a fitting made of small holes where water is expelled from a very gentle flow to a heavier flow, dependent upon the delicacy of the plant being watered. This ‘cap’ is also known as a ‘rose’.