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Whoo-ee, this is tasty:

1957 Chevrolet Bel Air (283 CID / 4.6-liter V8)


(click pics to embiggen)

I have to say that the ask of $105,000 is a little too steep, but the seller is probably trying to recoup the restoration costs (protip:  you never recoup your restoration costs).

All that said, if I were a wealthy collector of late-50’s Murkin Big Iron, I might be tempted because this is one Californian that deserves a home in Texas.  What a peach.

It’s three years younger than I am, and I don’t look half as cool.

Big Mermaid

Fine Art

So much for art, then.  It appears that while the doughty Danes had such a good record of resistance against the real Nazis, they’re going to submit to the Feminazis:

A revealing mermaid statue in Denmark is set to be removed after it was deemed ‘a mans hot dream of what a woman should look like’ due to its large breasts.  

The Danish Agency for Palaces and Culture is reportedly taking down the massive 14-tonne Den Store Havfrue (the Big Mermaid) from Dragor Fort after criticism from locals.

Politiken’s art critic, Mathias Kryger, branded the statue ‘ugly and pornographic’, while Sorine Gotfredsen, a priest and journalist, wrote in the newspaper Berlingske: ‘Erecting a statue of a man’s hot dream of what a woman should look like is unlikely to promote many women’s acceptance of their own bodies.’ 

She said it was encouraging to know that many people find the statue ‘vulgar, unpoetic, and undesirable, because we’re suffocating in overbearing bodies in public space’.

So because “many people” find the thing (things?) objectionable, it’s “Bye bye statue”, then?

For those Readers who couldn’t be bothered to follow the link, here are pics of the offending artwork:

And in profile:

Wasn’t sculptured boobage the very origin of the term “statuesque”, anyway?

Stupid Danes.

Oh, and speaking of stupid Danes, here’s what the above-mentioned “art critic” looks like:

…and the priestly journalist:

Go figure, huh?

And to help you banish that foulness from your mind, here’s our own favorite statuesque lovely, Kelly Brook:

…who makes Den Store Havfrue  look positively anemic by comparison.

Quote Of The Day

QOTD

From the statuesque Bryony Gordon at the Daily Mail, talking about padel:

“The game has always struck me as tennis for those who can’t be bothered to learn tennis, but given our dwindling attention spans, it’s probably the perfect sport for our age.”

I always thought it was a cross between tennis (court and scoring system ), squash (playing off the walls) and table tennis (the bats).

It’s also gentler, takes up less space, and doesn’t require as much exertion as tennis or squash.  It really is the perfect non-sport for our silly age — which means it’s soon going to become an Olympic event.  (#SynchronizedSwimming)

“yeah, but why do you call Bryony Gordon ‘statuesque’, Kim?”