[SunkenCiv]

subtitled, "How did this myth about the Spanish explorer even get its start?"

Ponce de León's name wasn't tied to the Fountain of Youth until 14 years after his death. (The Granger Collection, NYC)

[mazda77]

Now this after getting my season pass for the St. Augustine tourist train! Dangit!

[Bryanw92]

>> It’s all a literary device intended to make Ponce appear foolish.

Does this mean that all the elderly snowbirds in Florida can finally GO HOME?

[Caipirabob]

Truth is they were cruising for chicks, but the fountain story sounded like good cover at the time.

[driftless2]

I have the water from the Fountain of Youth De Leon discovered. Yeah, it was uh granted to me by a descendant of the explorer who drank too much and reverted back to spermatozoa. Shortly before he made the final reversion, he decided to give me the water. Just send $49 er $79 dollars to me at:
1515 Ponzi Square
Washington D.C.
co the Nigerian Embassy and you will receive your bottle of this wonderful liquid....eventually....right after the checks clear.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I heard that he had actually been trying to find a restroom.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Oh No...say it isn’t so. I was captivated by Ponce de Leon’s search for the Fountain of Youth in 5th grade. Now it turns out to be nothing but Cook County style dirty politics.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

There is a sometimes funny, very adult comic on the Internet, that made several comics as parodies of Ponce De Leon’s supposed search. All of these Safe For Work, however.

http://is.gd/8IocI5

http://is.gd/alwhHC

[SWAMPSNIPER]

It’s been moved a couple of times and now gets it’s water from the city water supply.

[null and void]

LOL! Without the tale no one would ever even think of him.

An effort to discredit backfires again. (”This so-called ‘Big Bang’ theory”...)

[Jack Hydrazine]

I bet he was looking for yoots!