However, I have been to three state fairs, a circus, and a rodeo, and I have to agree that this might be the single goofiest thing I have seen in all my born days.
I like the way it looks like the partially unveiled statue is wearing a burkha, though. That's friggin' hilarious.
Holy crap, that does look like a burkha! Please tell the the statue is unfinished - that they haven't put the face on yet? It's not just goofy, it's tacky and a little sad. What baffles me is that they were so obviously desperate to offload $260 grand on something, anything. By all means, copy the statue, but leave the desecration of icons to the pickup drivers with a sticker of Calvin peeing on a Ford/Dodge/Chevy logo on their back windows.
ReplyDeleteBest I can tell, when you're in the same city as Graceland, you gotta go a long way to be just tacky enough.
ReplyDeleteTacky?
ReplyDeleteYou call a town whose nickname (Mempho) came from a pro rassler?
Jealous is more like it. =P
And I thought the giagantic crosses in the Knoxville area were ridiculous. I think they only cost around $100k.
ReplyDeleteThey could probably build 2 habitat houses for that. Instead they opt for 100-foot cross.
Welcome to "Six Flags Over Jesus"...
ReplyDeleteWe have similar churches here in Jackson. Those of us in responsible congregations have to wonder how many full-time missionaries could be funded, how many widows could be taken care of, and how many preacher's kids could actually afford an education.
Just sickening.
Oh lo, these many years I've been a sinner in the wilderness. But wait, gazing on the countenance of such a holy being, have I been redeemed. I shall go and sin no more.
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Lesbian harpies - I love the stuffing out of anyone that spiky. Remember the hardcore band "Gaye Bikers on Acid?" Not to be outdone, they came up with "Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds." It was very special.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm so very proud to be from Memphis. Elvis, the virtually-unused, yet still un-paid-for Pyramid, and now--the Statue of Liberation!
ReplyDeleteYay.