To enrage the God of the Seven Seas had always had serious consequences. Especially Odysseus can tell you a thing or two about that but also in this case the story comes to a bad end.

But the crime scene is not located in the middle of an ocean but in the centre of the city of Berlin in Germany: The Neptune Fountain. It is a hot day in late spring, almost thirty degrees in the shadow. Neptune is sitting on a seashell, the upper part of his body is naked. From every side the sea animals subordinate to Neptune are spattering water on Neptune’s torso which is in good shape and muscular.

But when Neptune is turning slightly to the side, he is catching sight of something annoying at the verge of his fountain. A man with a naked torso who is in bad shape. Moreover, he is drinking a beer without offering a single sip to the God of the Seven Seas. That beats everything! Every sailor knows that you have to offer a good part of your drink to the God of the Seven Seas once in a while to allay Neptune’s anger.

Neptune stirs the police into action and after a short while a police car is coming, four police men are jumping out of the car, surround the culprit and and are grilling him. The police doesn’t accept his excuse that he just wanted to enjoy the warming sun while drinking a cold beer. You don’t show your naked body to the God of the Seven Seas, least of all without sharing your drink with him. Arrest him!

But even after the rascal had been removed, Neptune is still waring a scowl on his face and he is thinking: “I should have arranged an execution for him just as I have done five years ago when that schizophrenic man was splashing around in my fountain totally naked and with a knife in his hand.”

 

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