From The Lion's Mouth

I was driving thru the little village of Woodville yesterday after some grandparent cemetary flower pot maintenance and as I drove I spotted something that has been a fixture since I was in Jr. High. The Lion drinking fountain. It used to be located on the main drag but now is located down behind a pine tree in a sort of little park area. I just thought since it wasn't on main street anymore it had gone away. I thought it was cool as a kid. It was placed there by the local Lion's Club. It reminded me of a humorous story I wrote in Fast Food Janitor -The Zine.

Circa 1995 - Carol, one of the front line gals received a phone call from the Jr. High at about 11 PM in the morning, just before the lunch rush was about to start at Hardees. She hung up the phone and was weeping. I asked her what was wrong? She said she had to leave work and go down to the school because her son was in trouble. They were having a Fun Run where the kids were raising money for something and were paid per mile by running a course around the town and it seems that her son had stopped at the Lion drinking fountain and instead of getting a drink of water he decided to PISS in the lion's mouth. Carol was devastated. It floored me and I laughed out loud and tried to console Carol but me guffawing didn't help. It wasn't her kids first day at the rodeo. He was full of trouble and still is from what I read in the police report in the local paper. So the infamously violated lion still is around town but you may want to rethink your thirst level the next time you want a drink.