Leave the Lion Alone!!!

There's a sculpture of a lion just outside of Bergner's at the fancy outdoor mall. It's completely anatomically correct. This is something that I noticed but just disregarded after realizing this because really, what does it matter if a lion sculpture sports a pair of testiclees? Lions do have those, you know.

Apparently as the youth of Peoria saunter by this bronze creature, they just have to stop and...manipulate the genitalia on this lion. And this really bothers Barista Alicia. The taking of the pictures, the repositioning of the lights so that they shine upon the testiclees in all their bronze glory...she'll see this happen while gazing through the window of the coffee shop and just flip out that the kids won't leave the lion alone.

Now, as a lion enthusiast, I'm all for bronze lion rights. However, I see greater humor not in the groping and assualt of said lion, but rather the reaction of the people who witness this every day. Last night, while tidying the shop, I'd watch her suddenly just flip out and start shouting at the window "LEAVE THE LION'S BALLS ALONE! MY GOD PEOPLE!!!" Now picture this multiple times a day...one moment you're trying to get a cup of coffee and the next, your barista is screaming about lion balls.