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Favorite Comment: Fixer Shusien says, “It is not widely known but once a year the Red Firehydrants will go into a cacoon stasis for approximately 3 months. Upon emerging from their slumber the less beautiful, but equally useful Green Fire hydrant is born. Only minutes away, the mother fire truck will come and cut the umbilical cord and allow the hydrant to be free.”
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Some things are better not to know…
That’s a ‘nipple’. It converts a hydrant to a standard home hose spigot for use on construction job sites. It’s wrapped because it’s winter and they don’t want the valve to freeze.
Sometimes knowing takes all the fun out of the kludge …
It’s still amusing just for the sheer amount of tape.
tapeworms in the water system is no laughing matter
The effort it took for the local municipality to tape that sucker was more than just getting a fitting. Probably not enough money in the budget after the county officials got their raise.
you might still trip on the hose, but at least you won’t get impaled on the fitting
I heard that dogs have saw instead of…
The dialog among the firefighters, prior to the picture being taken.
-”Mac and Dave, seal off the street!”
-”John, attach that hose!”
-”Rookie, run over to the stationary shop across the street and buy 65 rolls of tape…”
Are you happy to see me or does it really take that much tape to hold the pressure of a fire hydrant?
Haven’t you every seen a sewer condom before????
That is probably a water meter and flow limiter. Construction sites use them for temporary hookups while they put in a permanent connection. Water truck owners fill their trucks at them.
I’ve never seen one that was wrapped up like that. When they are permanently connected, they build a metal mesh box around the hardware. The box only encloses one side of the hydrant. The top and other side are left available for the fire department.
Maybe they are trying to prevent neighborhood kids from messing with the hose and couplings.
20 layers of plastic and 5 layers of tape aren’t going to stop an adult.
The injury looks pretty serious. I wonder if that snowplow had anything to do with it.
Or maybe Tiger Woods.
Oh no! Waterwasps!
Thats what I thought too. It looks like the wasps have found a water supply.
Maybe it’s insulation to keep it from freezing?
DING!! DING!! DING!! DING!! DING!! DING!!
We have a winner! they don’t want the hydrant and the water meter to freeze up, and they can’t wrap up the whole thing – the Fire Department might need to use it.
The FAIL part: Now all they have to do is place some walk planks to keep people from tripping on that hose… {Whoops!}
I guess they couldnt find any duct tape…
Looks like somebody dumped some Viagra into the water supply.
One should not try fighting giant spiders with a fire hose.
Oh!! that’s hydrant poo waiting revenge for the next dog.
i like the new water powered tape rocket
Well I’ll be damned, fire hydrants can sprain their penises too!
Is that what spiderman did? oopz
hydrant mummy returns !!!
In the spring, it turns into a beautiful butterfly…
…a big one…
Mothra!
They were draining the hydrant and all those used condoms plugged up the end of it!
even the fire hydrant knows that size matters
This kludge sticks out like a sore thumb.
Beware the spider that left that behind…
I think we can all agree: It is a sad day when we run out of duct tape.
Maybe not sad but boring and I’d have to add wire ties to the list along with duct tape!
If you’re going to tap off of the fire hydrant for free water, you might want to be a little more discreet about it.
“Chief? Yessir, we fixed it. With what, you say chief? Um, Johnson had a spare rubber we put over the end and we held it on water tight with teflon tape. Nosir, we’re sure it’ll hold thru this exercise, trust me Johnson’s a real stand up guy in our station.”
Spider Hydrant, Spider Hydrant…
Did the hydrant break its toe?
I’ve heard of safe sex, but this is going to far.
Are we sure this isn’t a promo still for 8 Legged Freaks 2? *shudders*
Anarchist fire hydrant prepares for President McKinley. Or at least his dog.
It is not widely known but once a year the Red Firehydrants will go into a cacoon stasis for approximately 3 months. Upon emerging from their slumber the less beautiful, but equally useful Green Fire hydrant is born. Only minutes away, the mother fire truck will come and cut the umbilical cord and allow the hydrant to be free.
I don’t want to run into the spider that caught that dog.
Remindes me of my home made penis pump.
Wonder if it works in the same way?