What next? Will the Fr*nch stop women from sexually assaulting Victor Noir’s memorial? Will New York visitors no longer be able to rub the balls on the Charging Bull? The world just ain’t what it used to be, I tell ya.
Don’t rub your balls on the Charging Bull.
what if the bull is already at 100%?
“Dublin City Council do not want anyone to touch any work of art whether indoors or outdoors to avoid damage and costly repairs,” a spokesperson said.
However, [The council] said that these options (moving the statue/raising the plinth) would be “costly”, adding that placing a railing around the artwork “may increase risk”.
So it would be be less costly to just leave it? I swear, this subject is not indecent enough to warrant this amount of attention, resources, nor effort. Please work on something else.
What costly repairs would a bronze that’s touched more require?
Skin oils alone will corrode various metals over years. Also, lots of touching will basically erode it, hence the “polished” look on the statue’s entire cleavage
Someone in government just learned why the boobs are shinier than the rest and was immediately outraged
Ah, I remember the old statue molesters website, they were more innocent times.
For anyone that doesn’t want to click the link
Although they definitely should.
The built-in address bar is amazing. Very period. I can almost taste Jeeves.
…Gene Wilder?
…Gene Wilders tits?
Now there’s a sentence I wasn’t expecting to read today.
This is beautiful. There’s no internet like old internet.
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I was having a conversation with someone the other day about lost websites, including this one. I only managed to track it down from a comment I made on a forum about a tonne of links I sent to a news site, which included a jokey aside about statue molesting. Blimey that was hard work. Now to find Fat Chicks in Party Hats and Portal of Evil…
At least zombo.com is still going
Right then, that inspired me to start Relics of the Old Web.
TShirt hell? Now that’s a website I’ve not heard in a long time.
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But it’s my only line!
put something in public space
the public collectively does something with it
no, you weren’t supposed to do that
Just grope the rest of it, FFS. And the wheelbarrow too. When the whole thing is a uniform color, I don’t think anyone will give a shit anymore…
It’s a novel solution - it needs more molesting not less.
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Ireland is heavily Catholic. You cannot rule out sanctimony.
Lol, yes you can. Catholic by demographic, nobody practises in reality.
By identity perhaps, but the influence of Rome is greatly diminished these days.
Isn’t the UK also very prudish historically?
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I’m actually quite ignorant to how that works now. So Ireland is still part of the EU, right? And is it entirely its own country at this point, is there still some vestigial connection?
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I see. Is that kind of a tense situation, or is it amicable?
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Understood, I appreciate the insights!
An end to official hostilities was reached in 1998 but there have remained tensions and occasional bouts of violence. Anti-British sentiment is not greatly uncommon and the recent rise of the far-right has stoked this somewhat.
Interesting, thank you
at this point
Man how old are you?? I’m just joking but yeah, it’s its own country now. You might be thinking of Northern Ireland that’s part of the UK (and not part of the EU)
How long has it been separate? For some reason I thought the split was related to brexit, and I wasn’t sure if it was a full split or not. Like I said I’m kind of clueless about the details of this.
Ireland has been more or less independent for around a century. Since Northern Ireland has been a contentious issue at one point UK and Ireland decided that there’d be no border between Ireland (independent republic) and Northern Ireland (the UK part). Brexit brought new complications since Ireland is in the EU and UK, including Northern Ireland isn’t.
Got it. I see why you made the old comment now, that’s a long time! Thanks for the history lesson. 🙂
It became a self-governing Free State in 1922, and a republic in 1949.
I’m learning a lot of stuff about this, thanks!
Isn’t there some grave that women wanting to be pregnant grind on? Are they going to ban that too?
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grinds harder
He lies on his back and has a polished spot at the surprisingly featureless crotch. It’s just statue pants. He’s also had the high spots of his face polished.
“Boobs are… uh… hard… like bronze.”
Literally 1984.
Literally 2025.
The statue wasn’t well received when it was unveilled.
Great display of virtue signaling, if I ever seen one. And nothing lasts forever; if it breaks, have another commissioned, you prudish lot of sycophants.
Or just say you don’t understand it kiddo, and go back to your cheeto dust stained controller lmao
I don’t eat cheetos and I don’t play.
Try again at insult. You need some practice.
Lol ratiod
What if we “motorboating” it ?
No marine vessels with or without motors will be allowed on church grounds or the surrounding pavement. Please contact the Transportation Department if you are not quite sure how to safely bring a motorboat into or out of Dublin.
Lol the patina wore off 🤣
There’s a dog statue somewhere that’s polished like this too because people pet the dog.
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Greyfriars Bobby in Edinburgh
