Skip to comments.
Hardcore teddy banned from bear parade
Reuters ^
| 05/24/05
| Staff
Posted on 05/25/2005 6:25:00 AM PDT by Dashing Dasher
ZURICH (Reuters) - A giant dominatrix teddy bear wearing a leather mask and brandishing hand-cuffs has been banned from sober Zurich's street display of man-sized model bears, the project's artistic director said Tuesday.
While tourists pose for snaps next to a brightly-painted and benign array of models such as the "schoolteacher bear" and the "skier bear," "Baervers" -- a pun on the German for perverse -- has been deemed too steamy for the financial capital's streets.
"This bear is perverse, dominatrix and hardcore. We had to ban it because of the children," Beat Seeberger-Quin, the project's art director, told Reuters.
The offending bear, which sports bright red lipstick, a corset and thigh-length leather boots, stands atop a pedestal bearing the words "first class service."
Some 600 teddies, variously decorated by artists, stud the streets of Zurich and its airport in the "Teddy-Summer" project.
The controversial model had been allocated a place near Zurich's Paradeplatz, home to Switzerland's top banks such as Credit Suisse and UBS, before Seeberger-Quin spotted the final design and decided to ban it.
The dominatrix bear's creators now seek a private home for their sadomasochist teddy. At least "Baervers" will not face the same hazards as his publicly-displayed peers, some of which have been vandalized or even kidnapped.
"Two or three of the bears have been splashed with paint, and one bear -- a nice small bear wearing a little dress -- has been stolen," Seeberger-Quin said.
TOPICS: Conspiracy; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dombear
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 201-207 next last
To: Dashing Dasher
You just ruined my thread with that picture of THAT ROFL!
(send in the Emergency Damage Control team!)
41
posted on
05/25/2005 7:31:12 AM PDT
by
MamaTexan
(Okay, I can't remember if I stole this from Dasher, Teeny, Missy, or somebody else..... but THANKS :)
To: Dashing Dasher
Say it ain't so!
42
posted on
05/25/2005 7:34:10 AM PDT
by
DoctorMichael
(The Fourth Estate is a Fifth Column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: MamaTexan
Hey, I specifically told the photographer that he could NOT post my picture on any website with my prior approval.
Man, you just can't trust anybody nowadays.
43
posted on
05/25/2005 7:34:46 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Admit Nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter Accusations.)
To: Dashing Dasher
I'll have to check out the link after work. Or maybe at lunch. :)
44
posted on
05/25/2005 7:36:02 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Admit Nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter Accusations.)
To: MamaTexan
What the hell Mama? Rosie was bad, but a group of queers?
45
posted on
05/25/2005 7:36:35 AM PDT
by
Jaysun
(No matter how hot she is, some man, somewhere, is tired of her sh*t)
To: teenyelliott
Beastiality is not attractive, my friend. Even if the beast is cute?!?
46
posted on
05/25/2005 7:36:41 AM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game.)
To: Skooz
How long do you have for lunch?
.
47
posted on
05/25/2005 7:37:39 AM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game.)
To: Dashing Dasher
Only 30 minutes.
But, I have lots of vacation time stored up.
48
posted on
05/25/2005 7:38:18 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Admit Nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter Accusations.)
To: Skooz
49
posted on
05/25/2005 7:40:05 AM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game.)
To: Dashing Dasher
Why? Is it a long artcile?
50
posted on
05/25/2005 7:40:36 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Admit Nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter Accusations.)
To: Dashing Dasher
51
posted on
05/25/2005 7:40:55 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Admit Nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter Accusations.)
To: Skooz
You may need to relieve the swelling it causes.
52
posted on
05/25/2005 7:43:26 AM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game.)
To: Dashing Dasher
You're my favorite FReeper.
Ever.
(deja vu?)
53
posted on
05/25/2005 7:47:04 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Admit Nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter Accusations.)
To: Dashing Dasher
You are
definitely a better looking dominatrix teddy bear than the offending bear.
I would rather sleep with you.
Um, I mean, as a teddy bear.
54
posted on
05/25/2005 7:47:31 AM PDT
by
Finger Monkey
(H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
To: Skooz
You sang that song before!
55
posted on
05/25/2005 7:50:41 AM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game.)
To: BerthaDee
56
posted on
05/25/2005 7:51:07 AM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game.)
To: Dashing Dasher
Yep. And you have done nothing to dissuade me of my opinion. On the contrary. :0)
57
posted on
05/25/2005 7:52:53 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Admit Nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter Accusations.)
To: Dashing Dasher
BTW, how did you run across the article?
58
posted on
05/25/2005 7:53:39 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Admit Nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter Accusations.)
To: Dashing Dasher; pissant; thag; teenyelliott
Buh . . . buh . . . I
meant as a
teddy bear.
Really!
59
posted on
05/25/2005 7:54:55 AM PDT
by
Finger Monkey
(H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
To: Skooz
Hey, I specifically told the photographer that he could NOT post my picture on any website with my prior approval. OOOOOK
(BTW...which one is you, Skooz? Inquiring minds want to know!)
:)
60
posted on
05/25/2005 7:55:35 AM PDT
by
MamaTexan
(I would rather stand with the few who are right than the many who are wrong!)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 201-207 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson