"Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Little Malice wrote:
>>
>>> One time on Usenet, "cybercat" > said:
>>> > Here in Raleigh we are under severe water restrictions, and are being
>>> > asked
>>> > to use disposable plates and utensils, take one-minute showers (!),
>>> > and not
>>> > flush the toilets often (ugh).
>>
>> If you lived in the country and had a well that was running low or a
>> cistern and
>> have to have water trucked in you would learn the mantra " If it's yellow
>> let it
>> mellow. If it's brown flush it down" .
>
> Yeah, right. Those little splashes of the last person's **** water on
> your shins are just lovely, aren't they?
>
>
> --
> Blinky


Interesting. That was the mantra in Marin County, CA when we bought a house
with a pool, and then discovered there was a drought; and fines, as I
recall, for using over a certain amount. In fact, DH repeated that saying
the other day in relation to something we were discussing - probably the
well going dry (here in the country).

Dee Dee