Lakeland 'leg lamp' sculpture creating controversy (Florida)

WFLA ^ | February 23, 2017 | Paul Mueller

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LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – A new sculpture in Polk County has people doing a double-take.

It’s the annual sculpture exhibit in downtown Lakeland and one of those sculptures is getting mixed reviews.

The leg lamp sculpture, called “I’ll Shoot Your Eye Out,” is based on the 1983 movie, “A Christmas Story,” and it certainly is raising a lot of eyebrows.

“Well, you know, for a leg, it’s not bad,” said Glenn Zweygardt, as he stood in front of the sculpture.

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Looks sort of cute, to me.

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http://wfla.com/2017/02/23/lakeland-leg-lamp-sculpture-creating-controversy/

[Dog]

I got one of these as a christmas present....”Electric sex in a window...”

[Artie]

“Fra Gee Lay” ... Must be Italian

[CGASMIA68]

Remarks at the site are great.Especially the ones about Trannys.

I feel sorry for the one guy in the video that has to live with the woman objecting.She must be a fun to be around

[Badboo]

Always worth watching and rewatching 0)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzht2_41caU

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QuCT8qk4c5I

[DAC21]

““Fra Gee Lay” ... Must be Italian”

Ha! beat me to it.

[yuleeyahoo]

"It's a major award!"

[ViLaLuz]

The people, overcome by art...

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Well.......at least they didn’t shoot their eye out!!

[Emergencyawesome]

I think the headline and the the story was a search to find someone offended and they couldn’t find anybody.

[Caipirabob]

Lol...it’s hideous but now it’s a cultural icon and constant running joke. :D

[az_gila]

If a pharmacy in Venice, CA can have this outside on it's wall since 1989, what are the Lakeland folks complaining about...:^)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

A simple fix...

"YOU USED UP ALL THE GLUE ON PURPOSE!"

[Secret Agent Man]

Reading the story there’s hardly any controversy.

Leg lamps have been done long before, and now rea people actually walk around with less on and more showing than a leg lamp. These same people “offended” about this lamp, defend the women who walk around with more leg exposed and less clothes on.

[Albion Wilde]

The leg lamp sculpture, called>b> “I’ll Shoot Your Eye Out,” is based on the 1983 movie, “A Christmas Story,” and it certainly is raising a lot of eyebrows.

The correct sentence is "It'll shoot your eye out," as in "it will", not "I'll" as in "I will."

My guess is that the sculpture has the correct verbiage, but anything for a "news" story, especially if someone can 1) feel offended or 2) emote hysterically over guns.