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Uhhhhhh, guys... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 OP
Drinking fountains have been banned from my world for decades. madaboutharry Aug 2021 #1
All of the drinking fountains where I live Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #4
What's the problem. we can do it Aug 2021 #2
Oy blm Aug 2021 #3
Is that a back to school tradition there? tanyev Aug 2021 #5
Yes for freshmen unc70 Aug 2021 #7
where I grew up (in Rhode Island), we called them "bubblahs"! NewHendoLib Aug 2021 #6

Haggard Celine

(17,022 posts)
4. All of the drinking fountains where I live
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 08:01 AM
Aug 2021

have been disabled. I'm surprised they have one up there that's operable. Looks like those students have a lot to learn.

unc70

(6,325 posts)
7. Yes for freshmen
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 09:47 AM
Aug 2021

This tradition started sometime in the last 50 years. It was not part of things when I was there in the 1960s. The Old Well itself was certainly part of tradition.

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