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.
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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.
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Surely it can on have been constructed with the assistance of space aliens.
And yes, big ups on the kerbing.
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Yes, technically no human could have constructed kerbing like this. It sort of distracts from the lion thing doesn’t it ?
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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…
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A Perth Modern School graduate. For sure.
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What walks on four legs
A Pink arse in the morning?
The big sphinx sculpture
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…truly amazing…246 suburbs….
Splendid kerbing, delightful stains, alien intervention, coincidental pink arses…..I am not hearing anything negative about this Sphinx.
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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.
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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.
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haiku #6009:
Zoomorphic Nedlands
Where the kerbing is curving
Around a monster.
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Me sphinx I saw a pussycat
A lion on the kerb
Pink Hugh my arse
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Surely there must be an ancient Valley of the Mayors somewhere hereabouts.
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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.
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Does LA need to curb his enthusiasm, cimbali?
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LA – please start a ‘worst pun’ category.
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He tried that a few months ago but it died in the paper…
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Get ready for the heart attack stare…
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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.
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Wow, Bertie Beetle. Nice to get some history. Do you remember who the face is supposed to be?
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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 :-)
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Were you the prime minister, the governor general, or the world class musician of their sign?
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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
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