Alas! The effigies season has begun and this specimen, found in Swabia (south west Germany - far away, thank goodness) shows how the new crop are evolving to push the boundaries of what people can bear. It alarms me that this one is a more realistic shape than the earlier models; yet in keeping with established effigy tradition the colour is as fanciful as it is unpleasant. One wonders what they are trying to achieve. At least it has been placed appropriately, in what seems to be a demolition site.
Here's another blemish on the Swabian scene (right).
This one is not even fibreglass but is cast in bronze. Dear Lord above what a waste of valuable resources. It is of a ragged beggar and he is strumming upon some sort of mandolin thing. Really horrible in every way. Why do the authorities think we want our public money wasted on items of this nature? It's bad enough when a real minstrel comes by, strumming and plucking. We don't want a permanent reminder of such visitations. All it does is degrade its surroundings and lower the spirits of all who see it.
This one is not even fibreglass but is cast in bronze. Dear Lord above what a waste of valuable resources. It is of a ragged beggar and he is strumming upon some sort of mandolin thing. Really horrible in every way. Why do the authorities think we want our public money wasted on items of this nature? It's bad enough when a real minstrel comes by, strumming and plucking. We don't want a permanent reminder of such visitations. All it does is degrade its surroundings and lower the spirits of all who see it.
Better News:
I have received a report that the Dulwich inflatable hippopotamus and all it stood for have been RAZED TO THE GROUND. Result. (as the yobbery say.)
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