Why Do Cherubs Have to Pee So Badly?

Yesterday my wife and I ventured north of Leesburg to the small village of Lucketts, Virginia to visit the totally cool Lucketts Store to score some antiques and knick-nacks. Check out their website here. We came away with a cool stained-glass transom window that we mounted over our fireplace. It looks cool, but that’s not what this blog post is about.

I’m writing to inform everyone that cherubs- you know, those chubby baby angels with wings, apparently have to pee all of the time. Its as if, in the heirarchy of angels, you have the archangels like Michael, lots of other angels that do various jobs, and somewhere near the bottom, below the surly teenager angel that broods about wishing he was never born with wings, is the cherub baby angel, who’s sole job is to urinate frequently, if not constantly.  This fact is reflected in the art, imagry and statuary over the past few centuries, and Lucketts had several iron-cast cherubs who were holding their tiny weiners with both hands, to-  get this- piss on a frog.

Even if I could come to grips with cherubs who have chronic bladder issues, which is okay in a bizarre sort of way, what is the deal with cherubs relieving themselves on frogs?  And not just a frog who was maybe a bit too dry and could use an angelic golden shower to keep his warty skin all moist, no!  The cherubs at Lucketts are eagerly enjoying the cherub’s pee with gaping open mouths! Eeeeewwww!

The picture above was off of Luckett’s website.  I didn’t have a camera to help capture the look of glee in the frog’s eye as the impish cherub was draining the tiny holy lizard, but believe me when I say the frog was really into it.  And when I was looking for this photo, I found other pictures of statues of peeing cherubs, some of which featured frogs, so I can only assume that this is some type of angelic meme, which perhaps explains why frogs are always wet.

Here is one in bronze with the little cherub ready to give someone a high five for having good aim:

And if you want a peeing cherub for your own garden, there are statues and fountains available.  Just add your own frog and you’re all set.