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Statue in Rotterdam

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:15 am
by Meilingkie
What would YOU call this statue?
It´s standing 50 yard from my office on an old square in Rotterdam.

The official title is Father Christmas, but in Rotterdam everyone calls it something quite different.

Re: Statue in Rotterdam

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:52 pm
by Evil_Bert
That is the biggest dildo I have ever seen.

Re: Statue in Rotterdam

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:36 am
by Corsair
Is there some way to politely describe the large "object" held in Father Christmas' right hand? Does this reflect some sensibilities that made more sense when the statue was created? I cannot conceive how this statue could be built as a new monument anywhere in the United States today without loud, satirical derision at best.

Re: Statue in Rotterdam

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:15 am
by Korihor
It looks as though Father Christmas is pleased with the object he is holding.

Re: Statue in Rotterdam

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:36 am
by FiveFingerMnemonic
That's a soft serve ice cream cone right? :)

Re: Statue in Rotterdam

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:10 am
by Red Ryder
FiveFingerMnemonic wrote: Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:36 am That's a soft serve ice cream cone right? :)
Triple scoop dipped in chocolate!

Re: Statue in Rotterdam

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:43 pm
by wtfluff
Doesn't this photo belong in that "other" thread about vibrating oblong instruments, used for "stuff"?

Re: Statue in Rotterdam

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 11:32 pm
by moksha
The name 'Kabouter Buttplug' shows the whimsical side of those Netherlanders equally well as any pair of wooden shoes. Sort of reminds me of that Aretha Franklin song, Spanish Haarlem:

There is a tulip in Spanish Haarlem
A red tulip up in Spanish Haarlem
It is a special one, it's never seen the sun
It only comes out when the moon is on the run
Oh, oh, oh, Chiquitita.

Re: Statue in Rotterdam

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:40 am
by Meilingkie
Moksha strikes gold again
It's called Kabouter Buttplug
Or in plain English Gardengnome Buttplug

It's supposed to be a handheld Christmastree

Re: Statue in Rotterdam

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:28 am
by Corsair
Meilingkie wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:40 am Moksha strikes gold again
It's called Kabouter Buttplug
Or in plain English Gardengnome Buttplug

It's supposed to be a handheld Christmastree
I'm glad that Moksha struck gold because I'm not sure that I wanted to win this competition of accidentally(?) homoerotic imagery.

Re: Statue in Rotterdam

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 11:39 pm
by 2bizE
Is a buttplug useful to have? Just wondering. I wonder if they sell any similar gnomes at the Home Depot??