I hate

They're called fuel hoses.

Cool, so we agree that "hosepipe" is fucking stupid and 'water use restriction' is actually what is happening.

Who's restricting the use of water? THE MAN ain't touching my taps.

Nothing you can do about it mate. They dilute it at the mains so you’re only getting something like 60% concentration

In Oz you might get shopped by a neighbour annoyed that you're washing your car while they're not or local council vehicles seeing your lush lawn or the water board guys wondering why you're flood irrigating but you don't have any credit in your account

during the less than pluvial months in sunny Cape Town, the sight of the privileged minority finding common cause with those who share a single tap between 500 people because they can't irrigate their lawns / fill up their swimming pools never fails to prove that we are indeed, one nation united in the face of adversity.

#rainbownation

There are no rules about washing cars or watering gardens in the UK because we don't have water use restrictions. You're sometimes not allowed to use hosepipes because we have hosepipe bans.

I'm guessing that they have so named "water use restrictions" in Australia?

You need to integrate god damn you!

People who call flip-flops thongs!

Who would want to confuse anal flossing garment with footwear?

Even when there is one of your stupidly named bans, you can still use one of your hoses, one of your pipes or even one of your (spews) "hosepipes" to top up a fish pond, for example.

That's because it's a water use restriction not a ban on certain kinds of plumbing.

Dam(busters) right!

Girls who wanna have fun?
Oh girls just wanna have fun.

When did we actually last have a -noun redacted- ban, anyway?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hosepipe-ban-latest-uk-weather-gardening-watering-lawns-plants-a8429016.html

Shortly followed by a cupmug ban, an umbrellaparasol ban and a walkinghikingtrekingmarchingstrollingstrutting ban.

Why would I be in Australia in this mythical scenario?

I make the rules. That's why.

I hate foreigners[1] that continue to complain about random bits of idiomatic English. It's as if they think there's a set of rules somewhere that are to be strictly followed.

Your a etc.

1. And xenophobes, and intolerant people, and hate, etc.
   

People who call flip-flops thongs!

This.

It’s a garden hose, move on.

'Party' when used as a verb.

smashing my mug that I'm very attached to first thing in the morning. Fml.

Yes. And 'invite' used as a noun.

'Fun' used as an adjective.

'Gifting' something to someone.

Stop fucking around and just give it to them.

"Free gift"

#giftchat