When I was a teenager, my grandmother lived with us. She was the gardener. I remember once she made the observation that her hose didn't seem to reach as far as it used to. I told her that leaving it out in the sun it would make it shrink.
Aarghh! Please don't tell me that hose/snake like things shrink in the sun! I've been sunbathing quite often!
Actually, come to think of it, I don't know which is worse, that it shrinks in the sun or that it won't reach as far as it used to!