Who's statue

[Emil Miller]

You have the power to erect a statue of someone you think should be honoured. Who would you choose?

[kilted exile]

Simple John Hume - out of a vast expanse of bigots on either side, he always to me stood out as the one honest one

[1n50mn14]

Nobody. Putting people on pedestals makes them more prone to falling, even post-humously. Effigies are suprisingly dangerous things.

[andave_ya]

Dorothy L. Sayers.

Who would you put up, Brian, if I may ask?

I'll come up with more over the next few days, but DLS should definitely have a statue or three somewhere.

[The Comedian]

Who would you put up, Brian, if I may ask?

May I second this request?

I'd put up a statue in honor of Edward Abbey (but not of Edward Abbey). I think Abbey's statue should depict half-crushed can of Blatz laying prone near stretch of road. Just below it should be etched these immortal words from the author: "Abbey's Road. Take the other." And the statue should be done completely in sandstone so that the elements would slowly wear it into dust.

[BlueSkyGB]

Louis Armstrong...for his influence upon every genre of today's music...:)

[Virgil]

Well, they already have.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1144/1421287927_be4432d84a.jpg

George Washington.

[Chava]

Nobody. Putting people on pedestals makes them more prone to falling, even post-humously. Effigies are suprisingly dangerous things.

Touché :)

[bazarov]

Pope John Paul II.

[sprinks]

This reminds me of all the talk about the statue of Bon Scott that was made.

[papayahed]

This reminds me of all the talk about the statue of Bon Scott that was made.

He has a statue??? Nice!

[papayahed]

Why not a statue of myself??? I like the idea of being a resting place for birds, maybe I could be holding a bird bath,

[sprinks]

He has a statue??? Nice!

Yep, in Freo, unveiled about this time last year. Bon Scott statue to be unveiled (http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23257983-2761,00.html)

http://worldslaziestjournalist.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/mvc-014f1.jpg

[Niamh]

Simple John Hume - out of a vast expanse of bigots on either side, he always to me stood out as the one honest one
good choice.:thumbs_up he did a lot for the peace process in the north and i am a firm believer that he truely deserved his nobel prize.


Why not a statue of myself??? I like the idea of being a resting place for birds, maybe I could be holding a bird bath,

:lol:
Can we have trolly and Larry sitting on either shoulder? :D

We have a statue of Thin Lizzy front man Phil Lynott in Dublin.

I dont know who i would choose. We have yeats, and O'Connell, and Jack Lynch... and bridges, streets and stations named after loads of others here. But then again, i'm thinking irish here... Maybe a statue of Roddy Doyle in my area seeing as he has immortalised it as Barrytown.

I'll have to think of someone over all...

[librarius_qui]

good choice.:thumbs_up



Here's one fer ya Niamh!:


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/Stpatrick.jpg


:crash:

[andave_ya]

Virgil reminded me, I have a bit of a fondness for Revolutionary War characters. I daresay John Adams has a statue somewhere, but I think also Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine should be remembered :).

[Emil Miller]

Dorothy L. Sayers.

Who would you put up, Brian, if I may ask?


Johann Gutenberg - Inventor of the printing press.

[Dori]

Obama, of course.

"Yes, we can! Yes, we can!" :lol:

(Apologies, I couldn't help myself. :D)

[Niamh]

Isnt there going to be a movie about John adams?

[Emil Miller]

Virgil reminded me, I have a bit of a fondness for Revolutionary War characters. I daresay John Adams has a statue somewhere, but I think also Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine should be remembered :).

Coincidentally, Thomas Paine plays a very small but significant part in my novel Pro Bono Publico.
Last year I was thinking of moving from London to the town of Thetford in Norfolk which happens to be where Thomas Paine was born. There is an impressive statue of him there.

[librarius_qui]

Obama, of course.

"Yes, we can! Yes, we can!" :lol:

(Apologies, I couldn't help myself. :D)

I like well the Brasilian president, but I would not make him a statue. Not yet. If he concludes his job, and leaves as a good boy, according to what should be, then, maybe ...