Uglier Than the Pat Tillman Statue

OTM!

"Is this your puppy scoob?"
"Rottenrow!"

I'm pretty sure this is where one of the hardest boss fights takes place in FFVII.

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1383/lr9christmaswa1.jpg

Despite the benefit of the doubt being given to the sentiment behind this act, the decorations were removed by the Secretary of State's office shortly after being discovered.

http://www.nashville.org/Parthenon/Images/AthenaGilded.jpg

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/0/06/220px-Dixon_Musica.jpg

It's called "Musica". Scandalous!

http://www.agmc.org.au/22-stkilda-town-hall.jpg

This is a baffling statue out the front of St Kilda Town Hall, about 5 mins walk down the road from my place.

Maybe there is some legend story behind it, but I'm not feelin it. WTF is the PLANE there for? If I didn't know any better I'd say the snakes were a metaphor for local council getting into everyone's business and choking it up, ahaha.

Ohhhh Jesaulenko, you beauty!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/361251858_ce259988b4.jpg

thats in baltimore

there's an uglier one near the harbor but its a polish war memorial (for the katyn forest massacre) so i give it a free pass

n/a posted this on noise board, but i feel it deserves a wider audience.

http://edition.cnn.com/US/9607/11/ashe/ashe.mem.large.jpg

ARTHUR ASHE HAS JUST ABOUT HAD IT WITH YOU KIDS!

I live in Morristown with that seeing eye dog statue. I'm bummed it's so ugly. Morristown is the home of the Seeing Eye, the first training school of its kind. Walking around here, you always see dogs either being trained by the staff or being tried out by potential masters. It's great. They were trying to honor the founder with that statue, and turned out something kind of creepy.

lol at arthur ashe statue oh my god.

http://www.giantbusts.co.uk/acatalog/SWMACE.png

I want to see the 9/11 Vadge in person.

also that one in jersey city, the polish ww2 memorial. unreal-- surprised the gun hasn't been broken off in some way.

also this is the goldmine

http://www.weirdomatic.com/strange-statues.html

what has arthur ashe got in his right hand? is he pouring beer on the children?

(yes I know it's a can of tennis balls but I like to think it's beer)

how did this thread go on so long without Harry Caray ouside Wrigley Field?

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/e2/200px-Harry_Carey.jpg

Detail of the base, or movie still from The Frighteners?

http://www.thestructuralist.com/images/harry2.jpg

We could do a Bayonne Ethiopian food and 9/11 vadge FAP

Monuments on Monument Avenue
* Robert E. Lee – equestrian sculpture by Antonin Mercié; unveiled May 29, 1890
* J.E.B. Stuart – equestrian sculpture by Frederick Moynihan; unveiled May 30, 1907
* Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America – sculpted by Edward Valentine; unveiled June 3, 1907
* Stonewall Jackson – equestrian sculpture by Frederick William Sievers; unveiled October 11, 1919
* Matthew Fontaine Maury, oceanographer – sculpted by Frederick William Sievers; unveiled November 11, 1929
* Arthur Ashe, tennis player – sculpted by Paul Di Pasquale; unveiled July 10, 1996

which of these two are not like the others?

what has arthur ashe got in his right hand?

bottle of Knob Creek. I told you kids, it's best to just stay away from Arthur Ashe when he's been drinking.

http://menendez.senate.gov/images/gallery/gal_091106c.jpg

it's a big can of aids

Good thread.

OMG HARRY CARAY

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/246/535641251_b9786b686e_o.jpg

White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high
AND PARK MUTHAFUCKIN SOUTH OF THE STREET

I like how clearly Hendrix's guitar power is grounded, literally.

Harry Caray and the family he ate

http://www.wonderlane.com/images/fremont_troll.jpg

I am, you are, they are, we are CRA-zy

i would like to see the harry caray and arthur ashe statues come to life and have an epic battle, mic vs. racket

winner gets all the kids

that thing is actually kind of awesome (xpost)

I actually like a bunch of these statues in this thread -- a LOT. but many of them are damn ugly and aren't immune to satire.

I'm trying to find the truly awful matruskasian things in that Whole Foods/Tutta Bella corner on Denny and Westlake, but I guess people knew to not take pictures of them and put them online.

For those of you who hate MLK Day, don't forget this repost:

http://vcnv.org/images/02mlk.jpg

I've read up on this, and it's meant to depict Dr. King when he was a young preacher. It's still very "um" to me.

If I remember correctly, it's located on the grounds of the Illinois State Capitol.

(yes I know it's a can of tennis balls but I like to think it's beer)

i think it's a stack of books

want to post the anatomically correct fatteys from inside the Columbus Circle Mall but I can't find a shot of em

http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/23871.asp

It's true, all the other statues on the capital grounds are stately, dignified, well-rendered, but here comes MLK looking like absolute shit (it's "abstract") and whistling Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah. Way to go, guys.

http://www.ilstatehouse.com/exterior_statuary.htm

http://www.arenet.com/unique2.jpg

This is FANTASTIC!