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Friday, May 20, 2011

Obsess Much???

The English, much like most Europeans, sure do love their statues. There were statues everywhere. If there wasn't room on the street corner, you might see one attached to a building somehow. If there was a lot of room, you could find yourself amongst an army of statues. The statues range from historical figures, to English fancypants people, to downright weird. I remember seeing statues of Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and no less than 15 statues of Florence Nightingale. Of course, the English Royals are the subject of many a statue, but most are located closer to Buckingham Palace.
One of the fancy statues
Definitely weird - a random chunk of grass and a hand holding a car
The Fruit Snack Family - almost didn't snap the picture in time
Horse's Head - Justin wanted to know where the body was
Giant ship in a bottle - why not?
We were just driving down the street and I looked up to see a naked bum

For a city that is so short on parking, perhaps they should do away with some of the crap and make some parking spots.

1 comments:

heidijogoody said...

All the statues look pretty entertaining to me but looking at most of them it makes me thing.. really, Why :)