LOL at the new southampton statue

[Mike]

how funny is that. looks like a plasticine man made by a kid.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ton/6467037.stm

[Falconhoof]

"Critics claim the statue of Bates is out of proportion" They aren't wrong.

[Mike]

'to make it worse - it looks like milan mandarich' hahhaha

[Gilps]

There was a hell of a fuss about this on BBC South Today yesterday. At least the sculpter's come out and said soething now - he wasn't returning their calls last night.

[Mike]

its really funny when you see it in full, his right arm is about twice as long as his legs.

[Cobs]

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/display.var.1268259.0..php

[Mike]

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/display.var.1270904.0..php

 

 

read the comments in there, had me laughing my head off

Edited March 20, 2007 by Mike

[Cobs]

 

it's feckin dreadful

[stressederic]

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/display.var.1270904.0..php

 

 

read the comments in there, had me laughing my head off

 

 

That is f***ing terrible

[R A Softlad]

Hi Hoooooo!

[Mike]

more cheese grommit?

[dorgie]

Looks like the sculptor put all his efforts into getting the wig right and forgot about the rest of his body.

[Falconhoof]

The comments from Saints fans are brilliant. Imagine when they unveiled it and there was a damning quiet ripple of applause.

 

They guy who sculpted it had never done a bronze before, he works in wood.

[Cobs]

"Normally you need a mini mum of 15 measurements of the face but because that wasn't possible I was photo hungry when I first started."

 

 

 

"Sculpting from photographs is not the cleverest way of doing it - Madame Tussauds would never work from photos alone because its difficult to get the 3- D effect - and I had nothing to go by at all.

 

"I saw him from a distance at the Dell but unfortunately I never met the man, which did n't help. His widow Mary told me about his mannerisms, like the way he held his thumb when he waved, but finding the right pictures was a real problem. There were lots of photos taken of Ted but mostly from an angle and not showing him from ear to ear.

 

"Fortunately, the Echo library saved the day. I needed a straight face-on profile with him at the right age and with the right expression and they went right through the archives and came up with a straight profile of Ted with Mary and that was brilliant - but I still needed more.

 

"I eventually found a little black-and-white one taken at more or less the same time. That helped but it was terrifying as I only had one hit.

 

"I used a calculator to get the measurements and the lines exactly right because if, for example, the mouth was two millimetres lower than it should be it would have thrown everything else out."

 

 

 

 

[Guest Scot]

 

F*cking cnts...I just snorted cherry coke up my nose from laughing

[Nebraska Red]

it's Worzel Gummidge without the scarecrow outfit.

 

SFC on the pocket standing for State F***ing Cr@p.

[Mike]

 

F*cking cnts...I just snorted cherry coke up my nose from laughing

 

 

funniest thing i've seen in ages this. oh dear oh dear.

how the f*** do southampton get out of this???!

 

hahahah

[R A Softlad]

I think in all fairness it was dropped when they were lowering it into postion...

[Nebraska Red]

 

funniest thing i've seen in ages this. oh dear oh dear.

how the f*** do southampton get out of this???!

 

hahahah

 

 

if they melt it down, they will just about have enough for the nose on Le Tissier's statue.

[Hassony]

 

F*cking cnts...I just snorted cherry coke up my nose from laughing

how can you drink cherry coke? its fooking awful

[Guest Scot]

how can you drink cherry coke? its fooking awful

 

it was actually wild cherry pepsi, which was worse...

 

I needed caffeine and it was all there was.

[Gunga Din]

[kenny7]

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/display.var.1270904.0..php

 

 

read the comments in there, had me laughing my head off

 

 

Where do you start His right arm is longer than his legs, his left arm is dwarf like, although his left hand is ape like in size, he has midget legs, but a large body, and an even larger head, which some one has smacked in the mouth whilst the bronze was still soft.

 

I'm shaking with laughter

 

[Guest Scot]

'went down to the stadium last night & thought the statue looked like shrek in a suit'

 

[R A Softlad]

There's plans for a tribute to Francis Benali - donkey!