Posted on 08/05/2005 9:13:15 AM PDT by robowombat
'Lewd rubbing' shuts Paris statue
Anonymous writes "Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris has fenced off a famous tomb to prevent lewd acts being performed on a statue.
The effigy of 19th Century journalist known as Victor Noir has long been popular with women visitors.
This is partly due to his reputation as a romantic figure, and partly because of the effigy's design.
Officials concerned about damage to the icon's groin area have erected a fence around the grave, and a sign prohibiting indecent rubbing.
Noir - whose real name was Yvan Salman - was killed by Pierre Bonaparte, a great-nephew of the Emperor Napoleon, after bearing him a challenge to a duel.
According to the story, he was due to get married the day after he was killed.
The statue shows Noir in a frock coat and trousers lying flat on his back, with a distinct enlargement in the groin.
The effigy has been held as an aid to love or fertility.
It is said that a woman who kisses the lips of the prostrate statue and slips a flower into the upturned top hat will find a husband by the end of the year.
The new sign warns: "Any damage caused by graffiti or indecent rubbing will be prosecuted."
Posted on Thursday, January 13
Here is a great idea for any guys who want some afterlife action.
well SOMEBODY has been polishing his sword...
I see something like this for bubba. That way generations of democrats can 'kiss it' .
Lewd rubbing in Paris PING
It ain't just the French.
When I was in school in Philadelphia, there was a Greek-style statue of a woman with a drape over one shoulder, with one breast exposed. There was a tradition among the young men that if one went up to the statue before a big date and (respectfully of course) rubbed the exposed breast, it would increase one's chances of "scoring" on the date.
Can't say as I tried that myself, but the tradition was fairly common knowledge, and one thing is for sure -- that exposed breast was the best-polished piece of brass anywhere in the city.
From the title, I figured they meant a statue of Paris Hilton.
"that exposed breast was the best-polished piece of brass anywhere in the city."
So lots of guys were getting a piece of brass?
Oops. "brass" => "bronze"
For most of us, that was -all- we were getting. ;-)
From my college days, the "official" kilogram cylinder of platinum-iridium has been losing mass too.
If a solid cylinder in STP in a secured room in France can't be stopped from losing stuff, what do they think will happen in a public area?
Just look at what French banks lost from accounts in the Oil-for-Food scandal.
hahahahhahah...best of the day
Do you really mean "Can't" or perhaps "Won't"? :=)
I wonder what would happen if they substituted a statue of Peter Abelard?
And the Lord God said, "It is Not Good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him."
--Genesis 2:18
>>Statuary rape?
OoooOOooooohhhh! That was good!
Which dem did a magazine bolster, well, did some photoshop work in that area? I forget? Gore or Kerry?
You nailed it, this is inevitable.
> Do you really mean "Can't" or perhaps "Won't"? :=)
Oh, I might have brushed some dust off it once or twice, strictly for tidiness' sake, of course... ;-)
It's hard to remember that far back (1970). It's all a blur...
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