Russian town puts breasts on a pedestal
A Russian town plans to unveil a monument that shows a man's hand gripping a nubile female breast, which officials say will bring "family happiness" to men who touch it, Russian media reported.
The monument will be opened to the public Saturday in Bataisk, a town of about 100,000 in the Rostov region of southern Russia, a spokesman for the Bataisk administration told the Interfax news agency.
"A bas-relief of a female silhouette has been made on a metal plate, with a man's hand on the breast. It is believed that if a man touches this bust, he will gain family happiness," the spokesman said.
Sculptor Anatoly Sknarin was inspired by a similar sculpture he saw in the red-light district of Amsterdam, the Moskovsky Komsomolets daily newspaper reported.
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ABC 12-7-8
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Shopkeepers warned of sheep in Queen's clothing.
The 6th of July 2008
New Zealand shopkeepers are being fleeced by fake 100 dollar notes featuring a sheep wearing a tiara in the place where Queen Elizabeth's portrait should be.
Police said the notes, which all bear the same serial number, were crude forgeries but some merchants in Rodney, near Auckland, where they were circulating, were taken in, the Herald on Sunday reported.
The Queen's tiara-wearing portrait features on all New Zealand bank notes.
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SMH 6-7-8
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Monumental enema for small town
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By staff writers
July 03, 2008 08:44am
A TOWN in southern Russia has erected a monument in the shape of an enema to celebrate the famous medical procedure.
The bronze syringe bulb sculpture held by three angels was unveiled in the city of Zheleznovodsk, a region known for dozens of spas where enemas with water from mineral springs are routinely administered to treat digestive and other complaints.
Standing at 1.5m and weighing 400kg, the $44,000 sculpture was installed in a square in front of the Mashuk-Akva Term spa, with a banner declaring: "Let's beat constipation and sloppiness with enemas".
"There is no kitsch or obscenity, it is a successful work of art," said spa director Alexander Kharchenko.
"An enema is almost a symbol of our region."
The monument was designed with "irony and humour", said sculptor Svetlana Avakina, who modelled the angels on the works of Italian Renaissance painter Alessandro Botticelli.
Ms Avakina hoped to promote the sculpture as a brand and turn it into a franchise with souvenirs and awards for medical doctors.
"This device is eternal, it will never change," she said.
Daily Telegraph 3-7-8
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23961658-5001028,00.html?from=public_rss
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