Interesting statues from around the world

[AnAceOfKidneys]

Recently read a story about a Lucille Ball statue that was to be replaced and it was very ugly. Thought this might make a good thread as there are plenty of strange statues out there and they are all interesting (in their own way).

Or I could delete this thread and start a Pokemon thread. You can never have too many Pokemon threads after all.

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[Dog]

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[Fixed to Ruin]

 

[Juzmo]

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

 

[Siamese Dream]

Diana Dors statue near my house

 

[Bee Sheriff]

Diana Dors statue near my house

She's just a rip off Marilyn Monroe

 

[AnAceOfKidneys]

 

[Siamese Dream]

She's just a rip off Marilyn Monroe

Shut up she's one of the only famous people from my town

 

[Pharrell Williams]

 

[Siamese Dream]

When will there be a Jangling Man statue outside the HQ of Costco?

 

[AnAceOfKidneys]

Mods move this thread to the trash bin

you say this so much that it's lost all meaning.

 

[AnAceOfKidneys]

@ Denver Airport

 

[Bones Malone]

When will there be a Jangling Man statue outside the HQ of Costco?

This

 

[Bones Malone]

The Lucille Ball one was replaced just yesterday

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[Dr Pepper]

Y'know how most pro teams might construct a statue or even a bust, of a famous athlete who played there and was very successful, popular, and loved by the fanbase?

Like that Gretzky one posted earlier.

Here's what the Rogers-owned Toronto Blue Jays felt was an appropriate statue outside of their stadium.

Outside of their stadium (renamed the Rogers Center, instead of the ever-popular SkyDome), stands a statue not of Joe Carter, or Roberto Alomar, but......of the former owner, the late Ted Rogers.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/blue...e-leaves-sour-taste-among-blue-jays-fans.html

.....the Jays are one of just two teams who have bronzed a former owner before any players. The other is the L.A. Angels, who in 2009 unveiled a statue of Gene Autry, the franchise’s founding owner who remained at the helm until his death in 1998, a span of 38 years. Baseball’s other owners who have been similarly enshrined — George Steinbrenner, Connie Mack, Bud Selig and Autry — held their positions for decades and are regarded as giants of the game. Critics argue that Ted Rogers is none of those things. He isn’t the father of baseball in Toronto and his eight years as team owner pale in comparison to the contributions of others, both on and off the field.

 

[Mantis]

Chris Hagen is familiar with this one.

 

[AnAceOfKidneys]

Y'know how most pro teams might construct a statue or even a bust, of a famous athlete who played there and was very successful, popular, and loved by the fanbase?

Like that Gretzky one posted earlier.

Here's what the Rogers-owned Toronto Blue Jays felt was an appropriate statue outside of their stadium.

Outside of their stadium (renamed the Rogers Center, instead of the ever-popular SkyDome), stands a statue not of Joe Carter, or Roberto Alomar, but......of the former owner, the late Ted Rogers.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/blue...e-leaves-sour-taste-among-blue-jays-fans.html

All hail our corporate overlords! Ron Joyce, former owner of Tim Hortons, has an addiction to giving donations and having various building/stadiums/arenas named after himself. He has achieved immortality, huh?

 

[Ceremony]

I see you your telephone man and raise you, outside Craven Cottage, home of Fulham Football Club...

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

 

[Dr Pepper]

I see you your telephone man and raise you, outside Craven Cottage, home of Fulham Football Club...

Yeah that was pretty bad, but at least someone finally had the decency to tear it down (legally).

Ted Rogers continues to stand alone in front of our ballpark, with nary an actual player to keep him company.

 

[Mad Brills*]

Don't know why the ted rogers statue isn't at jarvis/bloor.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Don't know why the ted rogers statue isn't at jarvis/bloor.

Me neither.

You'd think Rogers HQ would be perfect, but I guess Ted's family wanted to forever remind all Jays fans of who owned the team for eight years.

 

[Dr Pepper]

All hail our corporate overlords! Ron Joyce, former owner of Tim Hortons, has an addiction to giving donations and having various building/stadiums/arenas named after himself. He has achieved immortality, huh?

I give Tim Hortons a hell of a lot more business than I do Rogers.....they only get my money when I go to the games.

 

[darko]

what he **** is that?