Word: hosing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lines for refreshments were long. Thirty people waited to drink water from a hose behind the boathouse. Others--including several dogs--went swimming in the lake...
From where a woman in her fifties--who preferred to remain anonymous--sat, you couldn't see the lake. You could only see the back of the boathouse and the streams of people waiting to drink from a hose...
...film unfolds with various disjointed shots of Benares and its human and animal inhabitants. A farmer picks orange flowers; strong, muscular bodies chop wood; two men assemble a bamboo ladder; white-robed workers hose down flat stone; holy men chant cryptic chants; a small, squeaky boat glides over the river. Then come the bodies, ushering in with them the audience's epiphany. Bodies covered with orange flowers, bodies over flames, bodies on top of bamboo ladders--suddenly, the disjointed pictorial congeals into a single entity. Death. Everyone in this Hindu society lives and labors for their holy deceased...
Drinking carbonated beverages through the hose caused awkward burps and coughs, while spillage created embarrassing wet spots...
This adaptation of the traditional baseball batter's helmet has two cup holders mounted on top of the hat which connect to the wearer's mouth with surgical hose. Fill the styrafoam cups, connect the hose and drinking becomes a hands-off matter...