Proposal for Statue of Terry in Salisbury
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Not that I'll ever see it, but why does the statue have to be so frickin' literal? Instead of a wax museum like figure, why not do something more abstract and representational that represents the world he created? Instead of doing a figure, why not show something like his hat and his glasses to represent him, and then create some kind of collage of some of the characters he creating standing on a DW? To people who don't know who Pterry was, that would be far more interesting (and compel many more people to find his books). If an image was needed, just engrave a small portrait of his face somewhere on it.
But the true benefit of a statue is for people who don't know who the person is. How many statues of old soldiers do you walk by every day not paying attention? That's what would happen with your typical "statue of a guy." But make it more abstract, more symbolic, more representative of what he created and that will grab people's attention.
Not many as they have plaques with the info on them which I stop to read.
The proposal has been accepted.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-35523353
And from The Gaurdian.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/f ... -discworld
The proposal has been accepted.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-35523353
And from The Gaurdian.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/f ... -discworld
What the heck? 
I replied to this yesterday, as well as other topics, but it looks like all my replies are gone? I don't think I broke THAT many forum rules - in fact, I don't think I broke any. So what's going on, eh?
At any rate, I had a very well-reasoned and well-put mini-rant about Dug's contention that someone might trip over the Feegles at Pterry's feet. But my rant got et. C'est la vie, as our Gallic cousins would say. So now, I shall use my Robe and Staff of Post-Mortem Communication +5 to try and resurrect it!
I was trying to say that people who do things like trip over a statue have no-one but themselves to blame, and shouldn't sue. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? I tripped over an improperly-laid flagstone on the pavement this morning on the way to work, but did I sue the council? No! I simply righted myself and went on my way to work.
But blaming a statue, or the sculptor, or the council, or anyone else for your own misfortune is ridiculous. It reminds me of a story I read once about an ancient Greek statue that was put on trial for murder. I couldn't remember the name of the person in the statue, but Wikipedia came to the rescue:
Should we, as a human race, resort to legal proceedings because we injure ourselves by tripping over a statue? Should be be as superstitious (or more so!) than the ancient Greeks? Sigh.
But perhaps we can defuse it with humour. Perhaps, if anyone does trip over the Feegles, there could be a little plaque that would read:
"Ahahahahaha!! Ahahahahaha!!! Ahahahahaha!!!!
BEWARE!!!!!
Yrs,
The Opera Ghost"
What do you think of that, eh?
I replied to this yesterday, as well as other topics, but it looks like all my replies are gone? I don't think I broke THAT many forum rules - in fact, I don't think I broke any. So what's going on, eh? At any rate, I had a very well-reasoned and well-put mini-rant about Dug's contention that someone might trip over the Feegles at Pterry's feet. But my rant got et.
C'est la vie, as our Gallic cousins would say. So now, I shall use my Robe and Staff of Post-Mortem Communication +5 to try and resurrect it! I was trying to say that people who do things like trip over a statue have no-one but themselves to blame, and shouldn't sue. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? I tripped over an improperly-laid flagstone on the pavement this morning on the way to work, but did I sue the council? No! I simply righted myself and went on my way to work.
But blaming a statue, or the sculptor, or the council, or anyone else for your own misfortune is ridiculous. It reminds me of a story I read once about an ancient Greek statue that was put on trial for murder. I couldn't remember the name of the person in the statue, but Wikipedia came to the rescue:
Should we, as a human race, resort to legal proceedings because we injure ourselves by tripping over a statue? Should be be as superstitious (or more so!) than the ancient Greeks? Sigh.
But perhaps we can defuse it with humour. Perhaps, if anyone does trip over the Feegles, there could be a little plaque that would read:
"Ahahahahaha!! Ahahahahaha!!! Ahahahahaha!!!!
BEWARE!!!!!
Yrs,
The Opera Ghost"
What do you think of that, eh?
RathDarkblade said:
Should we, as a human race, resort to legal proceedings because we injure ourselves by tripping over a statue? Should be be as superstitious (or more so!) than the ancient Greeks? Sigh.
But perhaps we can defuse it with humour. Perhaps, if anyone does trip over the Feegles, there could be a little plaque that would read:
"Ahahahahaha!! Ahahahahaha!!! Ahahahahaha!!!!
BEWARE!!!!!
Yrs,
The Opera Ghost"
What do you think of that, eh?
But perhaps we can defuse it with humour. Perhaps, if anyone does trip over the Feegles, there could be a little plaque that would read:
"Ahahahahaha!! Ahahahahaha!!! Ahahahahaha!!!!
BEWARE!!!!!
Yrs,
The Opera Ghost"
What do you think of that, eh?
"Crivins, ya clumsy bigjob! Step oona Feegle and y' get a crack in the heed!"
RathDarkblade said:
What the heck? I replied to this yesterday, as well as other topics, but it looks like all my replies are gone? I don't think I broke THAT many forum rules - in fact, I don't think I broke any. So what's going on, eh?
I replied to this yesterday, as well as other topics, but it looks like all my replies are gone? I don't think I broke THAT many forum rules - in fact, I don't think I broke any. So what's going on, eh?
(Mind you, my reply as to the Scottish and Welsh guys probably did break all sorts of forum rules. )
Penfold said:
RathDarkblade said:
What the heck? I replied to this yesterday, as well as other topics, but it looks like all my replies are gone? I don't think I broke THAT many forum rules - in fact, I don't think I broke any. So what's going on, eh?
I replied to this yesterday, as well as other topics, but it looks like all my replies are gone? I don't think I broke THAT many forum rules - in fact, I don't think I broke any. So what's going on, eh?
(Mind you, my reply as to the Scottish and Welsh guys probably did break all sorts of forum rules. )
raisindot said:
RathDarkblade said:
Should we, as a human race, resort to legal proceedings because we injure ourselves by tripping over a statue? Should be be as superstitious (or more so!) than the ancient Greeks? Sigh.
But perhaps we can defuse it with humour. Perhaps, if anyone does trip over the Feegles, there could be a little plaque that would read:
"Ahahahahaha!! Ahahahahaha!!! Ahahahahaha!!!!
BEWARE!!!!!
Yrs,
The Opera Ghost"
What do you think of that, eh?
But perhaps we can defuse it with humour. Perhaps, if anyone does trip over the Feegles, there could be a little plaque that would read:
"Ahahahahaha!! Ahahahahaha!!! Ahahahahaha!!!!
BEWARE!!!!!
Yrs,
The Opera Ghost"
What do you think of that, eh?
"Crivins, ya clumsy bigjob! Step oona Feegle and y' get a crack in the heed!"
Perfect!I always loved Wee Mad Arthur's cameo in "Feet of Clay":
(...followed by a nutting that the two rat catchers wouldn't soon forget)