Origin: Drink From a Fire Hose
Summary #
In 1991, a group of MIT students attached a fire hose to a water fountain thus fulfilling former MIT President Jerome Wiesner's notion that getting an education from MIT was comparable to getting a drink from a fire hose.
(Photo: MIT Hacks)
See Also #
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Fire Hose Drinking Fountain at MIT's Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People Gallery for more details.
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Firehose at YouTube for a famous scene in the 1989 film UHF during which Michael Richards provides a drink from a fire hose as a prize on a television show.
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Fire hose at Wikipedia for a description of the history and types of fire hoses.