# How come drinking fountains never work?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 20, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-drinking-fountains-never-work/396784 "2007-03-20T22:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-drinking-fountains-never-work/396784/21 "2007-03-26T16:22:58Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] What’s the first? [/QUOTE] Porn. Thank God. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-drinking-fountains-never-work/396784/22 "2007-03-27T00:33:53Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] I just find it interesting that a few of you in this thread have referred to drinking fountains as [bubblers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubbler). Being a Milwaukee native this is the term that I grew up with and was always told by outsiders that the rest of the world calls them drinking fountains. Now I see an Aussie poster, an Orlando poster and someone else call them bubblers. [/QUOTE] I’ve only ever heard “bubbler” here. “Drinking fountain” sounds like one of those overly grandiose management-speak terms. ---
**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-drinking-fountains-never-work/396784/23 "2007-03-27T13:50:16Z")
Lord, I wonder where you all live that drinking fountains actually serve their intended function without frustrating the hell out of you and/or jeopardizing your continued health. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-drinking-fountains-never-work/396784.md?page=1)