Water bamboo thingamabobs...

by **Hanakuso** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:26 pm

K,

Does anyone know how they pumped the water thru those water bamboo garden feature things before the days of electric pumps?

u know the ones...

by **Taro Toporific** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:33 pm

Hanakuso wrote:
Does anyone know how they pumped the water thru those water bamboo garden feature things before the days of electric pumps?

u know the ones...

Japanese invented gravity.

(Water fed in through excess from the rice fields, streams, piss ditches, as well as rain water tanks at a higher levels than the fountain. There's a hell of lot water falling on and flowing in Japan.)

by **Hanakuso** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:38 pm

piss ditches... shoulda known... It was either that or they were making some poor servant continuously blow water with a straw using digeridoo technique...

by **Taro Toporific** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:55 pm

by **GomiGirl** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:15 pm

I have always called them tock-tocks cos of the sound they make. Thanks for giving me the correct name Taro-the-wise.

by **dimwit** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:22 pm

I just call them targets. As in Oops! sorry for knocking over your target ...er... thingmabob.

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Water bamboo thingamabobs...

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