Statues fight back

[DrQ]

 

[DrQ]

Now watch the Dr Who episode "Blink"

 

[Roger830]

Here's a statue in VA that fell on a man's head (ouch) putting him in a coma.

Man injured in toppling of Confederate statue in Virginia

The man sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized, police in Portsmouth, Virginia, said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[bbodb1]

Here's a statue in VA that fell on a man's head (ouch) putting him in a coma.

Man injured in toppling of Confederate statue in Virginia

The man sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized, police in Portsmouth, Virginia, said.

www.nbcnews.com

Karma exacts her toll.

 

[CPNY]

Here's a statue in VA that fell on a man's head (ouch) putting him in a coma.

Man injured in toppling of Confederate statue in Virginia

The man sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized, police in Portsmouth, Virginia, said.

www.nbcnews.com

That’ll leave a mark. Poor guy though......... bet he didn’t think he would be in a coma later that day when he woke up in the morning.

 

[easyrider]

I saw a video of a looter throwing a brick at a window to break in. Funny thing was the brick bounced back and hit him in the face and dropped him, lol. Maybe funny isn't the right word.

Bill

 

[DaveNV]

I saw a video of a looter throwing a brick at a window to break in. Funny thing was the brick bounced back and hit him in the face and dropped him, lol. Maybe funny isn't the right word.

Bill

I saw that one. And yes, funny is the right word. He earned that one. His friend was all, like, "Dude? Dude!!" And then he tries to carry him off. Idiotic behavior earns idiotic results.

Dave

 

[davidvel]

Statues. Toppling now. Confederate symbols. Looter. (Race relations.) Political, and socially contentious.

 

[DrQ]

Statues. Toppling now. Confederate symbols. Looter. (Race relations.) Political, and socially contentious.

Not in my original post. Just people being clever and funny.

 

[Patri]

They were good, DrQ.

 

[bbodb1]

Statues. Toppling now. Confederate symbols. Looter. (Race relations.) Political, and socially contentious.

...or Darwin Award candidates..

 

[Old Hickory]

Not in my original post. Just people being clever and funny.

It was a funny post. So thanks for the laugh.

 

[DrQ]

And now for statues that don't fight:

TV detective Columbo and his dog, located in Budapest

A statue of Jim Henson, the creator of The Muppets, sits proudly in front of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland

Passersby in Leicester Square in London can find this adorable statue of Paddington perched eating a sandwich on a bench

In Moscow, this cute statue shows a mouse knitting a DNA sequence. It commemorates the unique way the animal has contributed to advancing science throughout the years

The Hometown of cartoonist Charles Schulz - St Paul, Minnesota - is peppered with statues commemorating his character Charlie Brown and Snoopy

Yoda located in San Francisco

Statue (right) of stray cat Tombili (pictured left) relaxing in Istanbul

In Boston, Make Way for Ducklings, by Nancy Schön, is rightfully one of the city's favourite works of arts

 

[MULTIZ321]

20 Best Waiting for the Interurban---Seattle, WA images I Fremont, Seattle, Waiting - Pinterest.

20 Waiting for the Interurban---Seattle, WA ideas | fremont, seattle, waiting

Nov 13, 2016 - "Waiting for the Interurban" is an iconic piece of art in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, WA. Locals see fit to decorate it for all sorts of reasons. See more ideas about fremont, seattle, waiting.

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Residents love to decorate the statutes depending on the season or holiday being celebrated.

Richard

 

[geist1223]

From the Airport at Hobart Tasmania.

 

[Conan]

Grumpy me saw this thread as a way to trivialize the serious issue of monuments to slavery and the confederacy, but I like the direction it's taking now.

Chizhik Pyzhik, an 11-centimeter statue of a siskin, was installed near the Summer Garden in 1994, on the site of the former Imperial Legal Academy, founded by Prince Pyotr Oldenburgsky in 1835. The Academy's students wore green and yellow uniforms that apparently made them look like siskins. Their habitual - clandestine - visits to a well-known local hostelry led to the Petersburg folk-song, "Chizhik Pyzhik, where've you been? On Fontanka, drinking vodka."

Statue of Chizhik Pyzhik in St. Petersburg, Russia

Smallest statue in St. Petersburg, Russia, which locals think brings luck.

www.saint-petersburg.com

 

[DrQ]

Then there is the downright creepy: David Černý's crawling "babies" on the Prague television tower -

Or the ones which made it to the ground at the museum: