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A
middle-aged man with a long beard was arrested by the police for disorderly
conduct and property damage. “More charges might be added later,” said a police
officer.
The man,
identified as Bill Wild, checked into the Motel Five last night about an hour
after sunset. Telling the clerk that he would be staying four nights, he paid
cash in advance. He then asked her where a grocery store was. She said that the
nearest grocery store was John-Johns, which was only two blocks away.
The police
said that Wild went to John-Johns and purchased three gallons of honey and four
gallons of chocolate syrup. The checker asked him what the occasion was. He
replied, “I’m trying to become a sweeter person.” The checker smiled at the
joke.
Wild drove
back to the motel. He opened all seven containers and poured them into the
bathtub. He added warm water to the mix. Then he placed his boom box on the
bathroom floor next to the tub. He tuned the radio to an opera station. He got
undressed, hopped into the tub, and started singing loudly with the music.
Fifteen
minutes later, the lodgers in the room next door phoned the clerk. She banged on
Wild’s door, but he kept singing. She phoned his room, but he didn’t answer.
Then she called the police, who arrived quickly.
“Well, at
least he paid in advance,” said the clerk. “That money will help pay for the
plumber.” The bathtub drain was completely clogged. The tub remained full of
chocolate and honey.
“You just
never know about people,” said the clerk. “He seemed so nice and friendly. Who’d
have thought he was a bathtub-singing nut?” The police said this was the third
time that Wild had been arrested for this kind of behavior.
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