Ah, Belgium. Famous for it’s beer, chocolate, and a statue of a little peeing boy. Wait, what? Yeah, you heard me right. A statue of a naked little boy, PEEING into a fountain, is one of the reasons people come to Belgium? To see THAT? Why?! I am so glad you asked(not really)! I can answer(some of)your questions! So lets get started!
As the name implies, the Manneken Pis is a statue of a little boy urinating into a fountain. Why is this statue here anyway? Well, nobody knows the origin of this statue, but there are some theories. And I’m gonna tell you them(there are only three I put here, so actually read them).
The first theory is that a guy came to Brussels, Belgium(the location of the statue)and lost his son. He panicked and searched for his son, and when he finally found his son, he was urinating into the street. So they made a statue to commemorate it. Makes no sense, I know.
The second theory is that a witch lived in Brussels, and a little boy came and peed on the wall of her house. The witch got angry and turned the boy to stone. So they turned that into a peeing statue. Wah wah wah.
The third theory(and the most entertaining)is that during a war, some people were gonna blow up Belgium, and a little boy saw the bombs and knew he had to defuse them. So he did what he had to do and urinated on the bomb fuses. To commemorate the heroic little boy, they built a statue. Of him urinating(it’s entertaining if you hear someone tell the story to you).
So that’s basically the Manneken Pis! I hope you had fun(you probably didn’t)learning about this statue! Next blog, I’m going to explain FNF. Better than I did before. A reboot! Stay tuned!