Hurry down to Copley Square for a free bubble bath
By adamg - 9/30/10 - 8:35 am
Presumably, there's a good reason the Boylston Street fountain was full of bubbles this morning.
Ryan Fox, who took the photo, reports Parks workers were on the scene around 8:30 a.m.:
They're hosing it down now, foam across the lawn and in the trees.
Comments
No good reason
Not funny - but it happens all the time - kids pour bubbles in the fountain - the whole thing needs to be drained and cleaned - like Parks has nothing better to spend their time on. Very simply - it's vandalism - no permanent damage - but makes a mess and costs money to clean up.
Really?
They just can't wait til it starts raining later today and the bubbles disappear? Really? And bubbles are dirty? Really?
Well there's soap scum. Plus
Well there's soap scum. Plus dried soap attracts dirt and is kind of sticky.
I can also imagine someone could slip and sue the city. And they'd want it to be cleaned up before the farmers market so it doesn't get on the silk scarves and tomatoes.
how do you 'pour bubbles'?
how do you 'pour bubbles'? lmao i believe laundry detergent was what was poured into your precious water fountain.
Child's Play
That's what we call that stuff that comes in a bottle and you stick a wand in it and blow to make bubbles - we called it eponymously with the result "bubbles" (figured somebody would make this comment - might be a regional thing) - is there another name for it?
Could have been laundry detergent - but I think that stuff foams up more and it's my understanding that's what the precious little ones use.
It's not the precious fountain I care about particularly (it will be fine) or the one time occurrence - but there's a shortage of resources for the parks as it is and the maintenance people don't need to spend their time on this stuff repeatedly so some smartass kids can get a chuckle - unless they want to pay for the clean up. It's not original and not even funny.
i can personally guarantee
i can personally guarantee you that it was laundry detergent.
You "personally guarantee" this?
Does this mean you confess to causing the bubble infestation?
'precious water fountain'
What, are you a public fountain hater or something? Lighten up!
Bubbles in the fountain?
First the hoodie infestation, then the living statue, now this. What next, changing Fork Road to Fuck Road? How will we ever win the village of the year award at this rate?
DELTA HOUUUUUUSE!
"Who dropped a whole truckload of fizzies into the swim meet? Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."
everyone should just jump in and have a community bubble bath
maybe that's a way to bring people together in this city.
What does Eugene Rivers have to do with this?
I read the story you linked to, but don't understand the connection.
Link fixed
Sorry about that.
This happens a couple times a
This happens a couple times a year.
And all over the city...
When I went to BU someone would soap up the fountain outside the College of Communication on Comm. Ave. at least three-four times a year.
I managed to miss that, but
I managed to miss that, but I've seen the Copley one several times.
This is why
We cant have nice things.
SUCCESS!!!
SUCCESS!!!
Obviously, someone wants the
Obviously, someone wants the fountain drained so they can skateboard inside of it. Little darlings.
hey - let's all jump in and
hey - let's all jump in and take a bath!!! - and later free food from burger king!!!