Uglier Than the Pat Tillman Statue

I know it makes me a bad Chicagoan but I hate this statute so much:

http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000EEmNBoBJjd8/s/750/600/DSC-1928-Harry-Caray-Statue-Wrigley-Field.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/251911874_c90185435d.jpg

RARRRRRRR IMA EATCHOOOO

And this by where I work, which I don't mind aesthetically as much as I object to its frequent use as an open-air public urinal:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2011-08/64292445.jpg

good lord what is that terrifying frank costanza monstrosity, why are there children ossified in his legs?

ledge, he's a former mayor of Chicago who was forced to resign after the remains of ossified children were found in his umbrella can.

http://p.twimg.com/As4BwoyCIAEsOKj.jpg

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/pBU5e2HqcrA/hqdefault.jpg

http://art.newcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/BS98_The_Ghost_of_Harry_Caray.jpg

Either that, or he was the longtime announcer for the Chicago Cubs. I can never remember. </cardinals_fan>

The ossified children remind me of the kids under the robe of the Spirit of Chirstmas Yet to Come. Or something from one of the Nightmare on Elm St. Sequels, though I can't place which one. It's so bad, though.

also they look like diarrhea children :/

I love this thread."turds in the plaza" made me burst out laughing.

Pretty sure I'm going to have nightmares of that balloon tonight, see you all again at 4 am CDT.

http://cityofwalnutridge.com/wp-content/gallery/beatles-walnut-ridge-ar/abbey-road-night-1.jpg

Man those are some crummy ass sillouhetes.

Lennon looks like Teenwolf

hahaha

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4uzpcOqHJ1qzv9mho1_500.jpg

you see there?

Every time I see that Pat Tillman statue, I hear him saying "IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?!" as he goes out in a Scarface-like blaze.

omg mizzell, everything about that picture is fantastic

l-r:

B-x, 12, o_O

that photo should be captioned "the world's greatest side-eye"

Haha totally!

I complained about the stern expression given to the Man of Peace earlier, but now I think it's going to be appropriate with summer tourists milling about.

ya totally, that picture is exhibit A as to why that stern expression was totally OTM and an eerily prescient call on the part of the sculptor

especially when we get the tourist snap of the girl with the thong hanging out the back of her jeans.
I look forward to many MLK stern appraisals

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/usakennedyj2.jpg

I don't exactly HATE these sculptures near the Minneapolis Government Plaza, but...

http://www.emporis.com/images/show/535291-Large.jpg

which ones? that pic is dead

http://theloopny.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Paige-Bradley_Expansion-low-res-530x407.jpg

my mom made a painting a lot like this. it was a difficult weekend

http://0.tqn.com/d/themeparks/1/0/K/P/TGE6.jpg

WHA HAPPEN

The egg? Its from The Great Escape theme park in Lake George new Yrok - which is full of similar depressing failures

http://images.travelpod.com/cache/tripwow/autoplay/ta-00af-47c4-82ae-aplay-ta-fb.large.jpg

i love the egg! haha! hes adorable.

which ones? that pic is dead

― goole, Thursday, May 31, 2012 12:34 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hmm, I see them on my end. These guys:

http://www.tomostudio.com/exhibitions_rockman.html

^^^^pretty sure Laurie Moore used to work at this theme park, as Snow White or something.

oops xpost

huh. i don't think i've ever paid those any attention

xp

fun fact: those grassy berms are not just creative landscaping, they're designed to keep cars from driving through the front door.

Foiled by landscaping!

also i believe the whole plaza has an empty chamber underneath it, and it's designed to crack under the weight of a truck. built after OKC, obv. but i don't remember where i heard this.

The Great Escape also had this weird racially questionable african man in a "jungle" area that was a robot and it used to say "welcome to my jungle" from behind the bushes

haha, isnt that the dude that starved a dog to death for an art show?

Otterness that is

The Great Escape also had this weird racially questionable african man in a "jungle" area that was a robot and it used to say "welcome to my jungle" from behind the bushes

I know there's an Axl joke in there somewhere but I can't be bothered

http://www.jungny.com/images.jungian.therapy.analysis/artemis.ephesus.jpg

that enough mammary mounds for ya?

xp he shot a dog for a film, apparently

did the dog die?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Otterness#Controversy

First I've heard of that. The Rockman statues are just whimsically silly, and not to my liking, but that dog story is reprehensible. Guess what, I don't forgive you.

If he shot a chicken no one would care

pretty much

no one cared what happened to the chicken in Pink Flamnigoes