How to Recognize Experienced Lions

Your first time at a district convention? Need help and don't know where to find it? Just look around for a Lion with the characteristics depicted below. Make a checklist. Anyone exhibiting five to seven of these features is likely to provide excellent advice. Anyone who exhibits all of these features, however, is either a Shriner or a Sherman Tank in disguise. So be careful.

Photo-like drawing of the face of a lion showing the nine characteristics of experience.
  1. Notched Ears from too much Tail Twisting.

  2. Sagging lids - post Cabinet meeting awakening syndrome.

  3. Brow permanently furrowed in bewilderment.

  4. Enlarged ears from defensive listening stress.

  5. Flattened nose from running into unnoticed walls, also called glass wall syndrome.

  6. Chipped teeth from biting off things that can't be chewed.

  7. Deep smile creases or dimples correlated with twitching or hoarse laughter.

  8. Enlarged tear ducts from crying out of frequent frustration.

  9. Premature graying (with or without hair).

  10. Contracted pupils and permanent Red Eye from flash bulb over exposure.