I remember growing up watching an old James Cagney movie where he was fighting in World War 1. The enemy was firing cannon shells from all directions and he had to get through them all to take them out. Well, the person who installed the sprinklers in our front yard probably saw the movie and had a sense of humor. He put the control valve in the middle of 4 rain jets. The odds of turning them on or off without getting soaked are not good. I always remember Mr. Cagney's general giving him directions on how to avoid the explosions, so each time I try to outwit the sprinklers. The problem is I usually have the dogs with me and I am sure that Cooper saw that movie and also saw that while James Cagney was successful in taking out the cannons, he himself did not survive. So as we approach the control valve, Cooper starts crying and as we get closer he gets louder. Now we don't know what our odds are but we are ready to run, unfortunately, we don't know which way to run yet. Ok, so we turn them on and scout out the territory, and immediately run behind a tree. Like the movie, we were successful in getting the sprinklers on but we didn't make it out dry. Cooper, obviously, was not happy.