Meteorologists are calling it an “unprecedented weather event,” but a growing number of superstitious locals are saying this was a cruel joke being played by a force beyond our comprehension.
After days of relentless rain and flash flooding, the so-called “art installation” known as the Bucket Fountain on Wellington’s Cuba Street is being blamed for “angering some kind of deity”, which may have been either Ranginui or Zeus.
Local theology enthusiast Jacob Jefferson ominously told our reporters “Yes. We warned you, but you wouldn’t listen.”
For years, the Bucket Fountain has stood in Wellington with the unearned confidence of something that absolutely should not have been given public consent, let alone plumbing. Featuring a series of aggressively coloured buckets spilling water into each other in a never-ending cycle of splashy chaos, it has divided opinion, with some people finding it mildly amusing and others trying hard to avoid it.
