Listening to NPR this evening, I learned that teams from Lawrence High School are called the Chesty Lions. Is this for real? Is Spike a Chesty Lion?

-- peter (pg@crocker.com), July 18, 2002

Answers

Yes Spike is a Chesty Lion! Mook is too.

Most well educated people in the world are familiar with the Chesty Lion and the creator -- Mad Magazine cartoonist Paul Coker.

I didn't hear the NPR story. What did it have to say?

-- Michael (meglin@juno.com), July 18, 2002.

Here is a link to a Chesty Lion (in case you haven't seen it).

http://lhs.usd497.org/science/cornerframe.htm

-- Michael (meglin@juno.com), July 18, 2002.

It was Michael Feldman's "What do you know?" which happened to be on when I was driving home from a meeting of a non-profit I'm on the board of. He was broadcasting from Lawrence, so I learned about several local matters in addition to the Chesty Lions:

-- Some sort of prize will be given to the first virgin that graduates from KU (that one got a big laugh).

-- The founder of the Pendleton Corn Maze was on (I kid you not). For details on what I'm sure is a more cultured corn maze, check out Mike's Maze in Sunderland, www.mikesmaze.com

-- And, there's bad things going on in Topeka.

I'm sure there is more to Kansas than that, but, well, I was home and that seemed like enough to absorb for one night.

-- peter (pg@crocker.com), July 19, 2002.

Dick Neuburger checked the OK discussion page and reported that Peter was aware of the Chesty Lion. The Lion's fame has spread to Laramie.

-- mean gene (gmw@ku.edu), July 23, 2002.