*sigh*

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Well played, Random Prankster. Well played.

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[goodkittieavril.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious...:-P

[ifotismeni]

+1

[smacaski.livejournal.com]

Nicely done.

I'm a bit surprised no MIT students have done something similar to the statue of John Harvard.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Did all the statues get masks, or is the flower seller the only considerate one?

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

I checked the elderly couple and they were un-masked.


(next time on phrases-that-sound-really-weird-out-of-context theater....)

[myselftheliar.livejournal.com]

heh

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

awesome!

[spatch]

That's the nicest thing anyone's done for that statue in a long time.

[ron_newman]

I remember when it originally said "I AM NOT A MOONIE", and wonder when and why the last part was removed.

[vibrantabyss.livejournal.com]

touche

[derekp.livejournal.com]

Religious tolerance reasons, perhaps? I had to look it up, but a "Moonie" is a member of the Unification Church. I can't imagine "I am not a Jew" would have lasted either.

I kind of like that it's just "I am not." It seems like at least once a week during the summer I see a group standing there trying to figure what he's not.

[joylewis.livejournal.com]

I read about that. All of the statues were modeled after real people, and the original guy that sold flowers wore a shirt or button that said "I am not a Moonie" because there were a preponderance of Moonies that would canvass around T stops (rather like the Scientologists in nice weather these days). In order to promote his own sales, he made it clear that there was no affiliation. If I can find the original link, I'll post it here.

[autumnsshadow.livejournal.com]

Awesome.

[cos]

I don't think that's comparable, when it comes to whether it would've lasted. Most people think of Jewish as a religion, and Moonies as a cult, and social standards about cults are different than about religions.

[derekp.livejournal.com]

Fair point. I am religiously ignorant and don't much bother differentiating between religions and cults.

[makoshark.livejournal.com]

Awesome.

[rebeccacceber.livejournal.com]

i put a birthday party hat on him last year :)

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

I used to live in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. There's a piece of public art there that people are constantly dressing up in interesging ways, Waiting for the Interurban (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/9060). I think it would be excellent if wry and clever dressing of our statuary became a local custom here too.

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Was it on his birthday? If we know when the statues were installed, I think it would be awesome to have a little party for them in the square each year. =:)

It Happens Over There, Too

[dashford.livejournal.com]

The statue of the Duke of Wellington that stands in front of the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow regularly (and famously) sports a traffic cone on his head.
http://www.edwud.com/photos/450/duke_of_wellington_traffic_cone_glasgow.jpg

[squonk.livejournal.com]

Heh.

[ethanfield.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, they didn't get a mask on the guy on the other side of the T station fast enough. When I walked by, he was clearly writhing in agony (http://www.flickr.com/photos/logoparenthetes/2929979441/)... and that horrible couple was just staring at him.