4/21/2004: Lawn ornaments covered

[Undertoad]

Welcome to the G&L Garden Center in Hartsville Tennessee, where employees added sarongs to their lawn ornaments after a customer complained that all the nekkid bits were all visible and stuff. Concrete, sure, but still nekkid.

But the last laugh is with the Garden Center, as all the attention has sold them a ton of lawn ornaments.

[Elspode]

Shouldn't the complaining people just shop somewhere else instead of trying to make everyone else conform to their Puritanical whining?

In fact, they should start their own lawn ornament store, and just sell clothed ornaments to begin with. I'm sure they would be fabulously successful.

[Troubleshooter]

*having reached his stupidity threshold early today*

You know what?

People are fucking stupid.

[plthijinx]

it's really quite pathetic what some people will do for a (ahem) rise these days.

[jaguar]

I didn't realize janet jackson came in concrete.

[Troubleshooter]

Originally posted by jaguar
I didn't realize janet jackson came in concrete.

*successfully stifles urge to make the appropriately lewd comment*

Edit: freakin' typos

[chrisinhouston]

Didn't some Saudi dress up his garden statues in Beverly Hills a few years back?

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

Didn't some Saudi dress up his garden statues in Beverly Hills a few years back?

He painted the statues to make them more lifelike. My understanding is that many Greek statues actually were painted.


From http://www.crystalinks.com/greekart.html

The Greeks had plenty of beautiful marble and used it freely for temples as well as for their sculpture

They were not satisfied with its cold whiteness, however, and painted both their statues and their buildings.

Some statues have been found with their bright colors still preserved, but most of them lost their paint through weathering.

[e unibus plurum]

even the gnomes have naughty bits

Didn't some Saudi dress up his garden statues in Beverly Hills a few years back?

he had them (life-sized) painted 'appropriately' -- as in anatomically correct

[warch]

It adds a very Ashcroftesque touch to any garden decor.

[Brigliadore]

I hate all this political correctness shit that has been going on for a few years now. We cant have naked lawn ornaments because heaven forbid someone see some stone boobs. We have to change the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney Land because the Pirates chasing the ladies is no PC (but we can leave in the auctioning of the "wenches"). I hate that so many people are willing to get offended over the smallest things. Get a fucking life people, everything doesn't need to be about how you feel about something.

Sorry, I'm done with my rant now.

[dasviper]

Originally Posted by Brigliadore

I hate all this political correctness shit that has been going on for a few years now .... I hate that so many people are willing to get offended over the smallest things. Get a fucking life people, everything doesn't need to be about how you feel about something.

You know what's a small thing to get offended over? A garden center that wishes to do more business by accomodating the greatest possible number of customers. If some of them don't like exposed genetalia on their lawn sculptures, so be it. Why not cover them up? It's not like the government is forcing anyone's hand. It's just good business.

Take some of your own advice, Brigliadore: everything doesn't need to be about how you feel about something.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Someone called the police to report a watchdog tied out in the August sun, with no water, at the Garden Center near here.
It was concrete.

[Elspode]

Yeah, but were it's balls showing? That's what is really important.

[Relisnhoj]

I would like to know where it states that people should be shielded from being offended. I saw a rude T-shirt on a customer today, should I threaten to sue him for offending me? No, that's life and people need to learn to deal with it.