Girl VS Sprinkler

I had a fight today, sadly I must report that I lost. But I'm sure you want to here the story. I went to water my neighbor's lawn, because I house-sit for her, and when I went over there the sprinkler came alive and squirted me without mercy. I was forced to retreated. However, as much as I wish that was true, it (of course) is not. It has to do with my stupidity rather than the sprinkler's brutality.
The first part is true, I went to water my neighbor's lawn. Normally, I would go turn OFF the sprinkler set it in a new area then turn it on again. Recently, I witnessed a new—and seemingly easier— way to perform this task, by bending the hose. When you bend the hose, as most of you know, it stops the water from flowing. So I went to the front-yard bent the hose, and no water came out.
Now for a little background information, the sprinkler in the front-yard, when you turn it on, sprays water in a circle simultaneously. The sprinkler in the back-yard is the one the sprinkler dance comes from, it goes it a circle spraying water at various times. Now back to the story.
So I bend the hose down, no water. I move the sprinkler, I encounter problem. I am very close to the sprinkler head, the moment I let go I will get drenched. So I solve the problem, using what's in my head, I reach as far as I can, grab the hose with my free hand, bend it, let go with my other hand, no problem. Finally, I was far enough away from the sprinkler head that I wouldn't get wet, so I let go. Now I went to the back-yard.
As I headed over to the back-yard I thought, "This sprinkler's going to be no problem." Because most of the time you can stand behind it and not get wet at all. Isn't it amazing how deceivingly simple things can become? I also noticed something else, I had an audience, my neighbor's neighbor was outside watering his lawn. I tried to ignore it, so bent the hose and set it down.
That's where my mistake was, the sprinkler head was pointed straight towards me. Either one of two things happened(or both) 1) It didn't register in my mind, sprinkler head toward me. In my head it was like, "The sprinkler head is straight towards me, that's nice. Wait, what?!?"
or 2) The hose was slippery and it fell from my hands. It doesn't really matter what happened, the point is, it did, and I was sprayed.
Nevertheless, about 95% from my waist down, on my front was soaked, drenched, water-logged, whatever you wish. So I did what I normally do in situations like that, I laughed. My sole audience member laughed too, I think. Afterwards I walked home. Thankfully no one was out because it looked like my bladder had reached the maximum level of its capacity and therefore exploded all the contents out, if you know what I mean.
So there's the story. I'm not really sure if it has a moral or not, though if it does I sure you're smart enough to decode it yourself.