and my small pruning shears have red handles. I think they make the green-handled tools out of spite, just so you can't find them when you drop them into the shrubbery, so then you have to buy new ones.

Baitball Blogger

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9. I figured it was planned obsolescence.

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 01:51 PM

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mitch96

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10. Bingo!!

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 02:16 PM

Mar 2018

Cynical me... Green so when it gets dropped it blends in with the grass and can't find it .. Then you have to buy another one!!! brilliant..
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rurallib

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15. and then you hit out with the mower and ###scrunch### time for a new mower.

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 10:28 PM

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global1

(25,249 posts)

3. Your OP Sounds Like A Set-up For A Joke....nt

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:56 PM

Mar 2018

askyagerz

(776 posts)

4. In my youth I weedeated cemetaries

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:57 PM

Mar 2018

Every time I would hit a tombstone the head would fly off and for some reason they had green springs in them. They would shoot out and it would take like 10 minutes to find it. Finally took them home and painted them orange. I really dont understand how some companies can be so big yet so stupid

Watchfoxheadexplodes

(3,496 posts)

6. I have some tru temper shovels that are green

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 01:34 PM

Mar 2018

The metal part?

But I think that green was tru temper corporation color?

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

5. When I'm at the airport, why do robots steal my luggage?

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 01:30 PM

Mar 2018

A HERETIC I AM

(24,368 posts)

12. Because you are a horrible person?

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 02:22 PM

Mar 2018

And the machines know it?

Just spitballin' here.

eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)

7. Why not use School Bus Yellow ? It should be pretty cheap in bulk, and appears to be durable.

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 01:37 PM

Mar 2018

The color was chosen because it attracts attention and is noticed quickly in peripheral vision, faster than any other color. Scientists describe this as follows: "Lateral peripheral vision for detecting yellows is 1.24 times greater than for red."[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_bus_yellow

Sounds ideal for finding a dropped tool. Certainly better than this method:

Baitball Blogger

(46,715 posts)

8. Best idea ever.

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 01:50 PM

Mar 2018

Donkees

(31,408 posts)

13. Might attract bees and wasps (?)

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 03:45 PM

Mar 2018

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

11. Why do they make garden hoses in green plastic?

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 02:21 PM

Mar 2018

I've mowed several hoses over the years.

I believe they intend you to lose the items in the grass so you have to replace them!

On the other hand, a shop in Blountstown, Florida has been advertising camouflage baby outfits. I wonder how many kids get lost in the woods around there because of their camo?

Donkees

(31,408 posts)

14. To help the plants relax when they see you approaching :)

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 03:47 PM

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