The Phantom Titters...
I'm sorry - but is mine the only puerile mind that finds this image snigger-worthy?
I'm not really sure why - maybe it's the juxtaposition of the cannon-in-a-condom with Sir Walter looking on in frank admiration, maybe it's just been a long day...
Thinking about it, it's all a bit - ahem, masculine around there, isn't it. We have two obelisks, a cannon, Sir Walter Raleigh and a host of virile sea-captains looking down on it all. We don't even have a bare-breasted Nannie clutching a piece of horse's tail to counterbalance the male-female off-kilterness at the moment.
Still, I guess the cannon-that-was-lost is now found and they want to look after it, and good for them.
More news of long-lost local obscene-art that should be returned to its rightful home soon...
Labels: Weird Greenwich
posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
18:20
4 Comments:
I saw this today as well. My only question was.....WHY??????
A cannon, by definition, is an outdoor object, so why the 'condom'? If it's that valuable and needs to be protected from the ravages of Greenwich weather why not put it inside the building?
Still, safe sex and all that.I suppose we have to set an example to the Kids!!!
It's like a less graceful version of those buildings that that chap wraps in drapes. Maybe its a reminder that we should cover up before shooting off!
Blackheathen
Walking passed the "sheathed" cannon at lunchtime, there were two stone masons doing some work to the plinth on which it sits. They said its "protection" was just on till they had "finished"
Need I say more?
Although I do like Blackheathen's idea that it is some subliminal STD campaign.
OOO-errr, Missus...
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