Seen in Print

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The above, generously provided, cheeky photo is totally believable. I've seen bigger, and with more suffering on the part of a deeply involved, intimate witness to the horror.

Terrifying and traumatizing - the horror, the horror..........

BTW, is the new avatar a well-fed militant bedbug?

No. The last rhino.

http://www.scottmusgrove.com/product/the-last-rhino/

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Aahhh, I see, that explains the sad expression - sort of forlorn and a teense downcast, huh.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

BTW, is that what they mean when they say some poor soul is "on crack"?

[HONDO74]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[webenda]

BTW, is the new avatar a well-fed militant bedbug?

No. The last rhino.

Looks like one of Hedi Xandt's less bizarre sculptures.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

BTW, is the new avatar a well-fed militant bedbug?

No. The last rhino.

Looks like one of Hedi Xandt's less bizarre sculptures.

Murph was an avatar behind this one.

[Tony-h]

Hey! I just passed that woman who was riding her bike down Old Colchester Road near my house!

Tony

[robert.]

The above, generously provided, cheeky photo is totally believable. I've seen bigger, and with more suffering on the part of a deeply involved, intimate witness to the horror.

Terrifying and traumatizing - the horror, the horror..........

BTW, is the new avatar a well-fed militant bedbug?

No. The last rhino.

http://www.scottmusgrove.com/product/the-last-rhino/

IT's a sad story
the last rhino .https://www.google.com/#q=the+last+rhino

[MurphOnMillerAve]

No offense to the last Northern White rhino as seen in those shots, but I have estimated his part-that-went-over-the-fence-last was decidedly smaller than the one pictured above hosting that hapless dog. Such construction takes years of dedicated non-housework, loads of TV watching sitting on the only piece of plaid furniture wide and sturdy enough to hold such an effort, boxcar loads of chip bags, and a religious determination to consume as much needless, empty carbohydrate and sugar calories as can be fit into one sweaty fist at a time.

Is that harsh. Why, yes, yes, it is.
Let me stop,now, so I can get my next bag of treats closer to hand.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Is that harsh.

No. Understated and restrained.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Is that harsh.

No. Understated and restrained.

Further evidence of your good sense and good taste and obviously excellent life experiences.
Signed,
A Coconuts wannabe, apparently

[Mitch]

Such construction takes years of dedicated non-housework, loads of TV watching sitting on the only piece of plaid furniture wide and sturdy enough to hold such an effort, boxcar loads of chip bags, and a religious determination to consume as much needless, empty carbohydrate and sugar calories as can be fit into one sweaty fist at a time.

Jeeze! Murph! Relax. Have a bowl of ice cream!

[webenda]

The Rest of the Story

Site Name Edinburgh, Craigmillar, Hunter's Hall Park, The Jack Kane Centre

The disintegrating gigantic grey figure of Gulliver lies on its back, legs apart and arms away from its side; in rough grass, close to the park boundary on the west side, beside the Niddrie Burn. It resembles a mountain range connected by the tunnels of the arms and legs (now fragmented into three pieces per arm and two per leg). The massive head has hair folds like a mountainside, a flat face with raised forehead and chin and a clearly delineated nose. The eyes and the inside of the nostrils are still painted lime green. The simple torso shows the ribs; both hands and feet are flat to the ground, details rendered by incised lines.

The sculpture is seen by local people as symbolic of the power of 'little' people if they pull together, as a metaphor for the potential of this disadvantaged area to overcome poverty.

The sculpture is also a play structure.

The sculpture was designed by Jimmy Boyle whilst he was an inmate of Barlinnie Prison. It was made by local people.

Design period : late 1970s
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0906)

Sorry Murph, the "little" people had to make way for progress, Gulliver is gone.

Out of the way, progress coming through!

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Credits for this story:
https://canmore.org.uk/site/78521/edinb ... ane-centre
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[Rufus T. Firefly]

New movie coming out............