is not, “What walks on 5 legs in the morning..?” but more like, “Why would someone build this in a garden in Kingston Street Nedlands? I do like the kerbing though. From Teh ‘Rage.
Sphinx Back door
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This is surely a monumental mystery….why is the sphinx’s arse the same colour as the building in the background ?
Splendid kerbing indeed.
Surely it can on have been constructed with the assistance of space aliens.
And yes, big ups on the kerbing.
Yes, technically no human could have constructed kerbing like this. It sort of distracts from the lion thing doesn’t it ?
Coincidence, Groucho – the reddish hue on the hindquarters is due to bore water. A delightful stain that can be seen through all the 246 suburbs. I feel a haiku coming on…
A Perth Modern School graduate. For sure.
What walks on four legs
A Pink arse in the morning?
The big sphinx sculpture
…truly amazing…246 suburbs….
Splendid kerbing, delightful stains, alien intervention, coincidental pink arses…..I am not hearing anything negative about this Sphinx.
Am I going to have to give it a not worst tag? Perhaps if we could see the face better, its negative elements might be more apparent.
It’s funny you mention the face. I know a relative of the person who commissioned this sphinx, and it is actually modelled after this person. I am not sure if they still own the house.
haiku #6009:
Zoomorphic Nedlands
Where the kerbing is curving
Around a monster.
Me sphinx I saw a pussycat
A lion on the kerb
Pink Hugh my arse
Surely there must be an ancient Valley of the Mayors somewhere hereabouts.
Just catching up on some of these posts – a refreshing interest in Kerbing is emerging. I do feel in this instance that the sphinx himself may have laid the kerbing (a quick check under the tail should show a correspondingly shaped orifice.)
If we are going to have a kerbing section LA you must make sure to use the correct terminology – this for instance is the semi mountable version. A fully mountable kerb is also available for the more accommodating and of course the not-mountable-under-any-circumstances kerb which is generally used to keep football fans from parking on your verge but probably could have wider applications.
Does LA need to curb his enthusiasm, cimbali?
LA – please start a ‘worst pun’ category.
He tried that a few months ago but it died in the paper…
Get ready for the heart attack stare…
Blast from the past!
When I was a in primary school (18 years ago @ Hollywood PS) I was very good friends with the family / owners of this. Way back then it was a massive block of limestone… I remember helping scrape away a section of it, a few friends were over helping also.
Wow, Bertie Beetle. Nice to get some history. Do you remember who the face is supposed to be?
Back in the days when I was frequenting their house, there was no face… the ‘back-end’ was the only section we ever worked on haha.
I must say the filler between the limestone blocks looks very odd.
Nice one re: Perth Modern School, I went there myself :-)
Were you the prime minister, the governor general, or the world class musician of their sign?
Hey Bertie,
I’m writing about the sculpture for The Sunday Times this week. Can I have a quick chat with you? I’m at
dcohen@amnet.net.au