INCREDIBLY, SOME TAXPAYERS ARE CRITICAL

Poet Philip Larkin's death marked with giant toads

(Thanks to Ralph)

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[Horace LaBadie]

I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a toad.
But for a measly 200 Gs
I'll try to go and find a load.

[NotSherly]

Councilperson: "Few tourists visit our town. I move we have a plague."

Nice Horace.

[Meanie the Blue]

"Businesses, institutions, community organisations and artists will be invited to take part in workshops and to decorate their toad in individual livery to be placed in an appropriate location."

...such as landfills, tax collection offices....

[Jeff Meyerson]

*ribbit*

Sounds totally appropriate to me.

[CJrun]

How long before we start seeing the plague of vandalism, involving the Bokkenesque bonfires of $5,000 (each!), giant plastic toads? By Yasbos and Yobs?

[SW]

The road to Hull is paved with glass amphibians.

[Lairbo]

Dead poet, lots of money, frogs, yadda, yadda, yadda. Didn't anyone notice this" important story on that page?

[Lairbo]

Oops. Above link does NOT go right to a picture of a guy with a working jet pack who flew over the English Channel in 10 minutes. If you scroll through the pics it'll show up. Pretty cool.

[Steve]

Lexington KY did basically the same thing but it involved fiberglass horses decorated by various artists. They were all over the city.

[nursecindy]

For that kind of money they could have just passed out books of his poetry. It's nice to know that the government across the pond is just as messed up about spending as ours.

[Richard the Weasel-Hearted]

Awesome, Lairbo. Hopefully this goes to the right pic.

[O the U(manity)]

Comments:

Lairbo -- note in the foto that the cutline sez " ... water skis ... " but the female gender-type person is holding only ONE ski ... either the Brits don't count any better than they speak "English" ... or she accomplished the feat on one foot ...

Steve -- numerous towns/cities west of the Mississippi River have also had similar projects, some with horses, some with bison ... at least in the USofA we tend to choose mammals for our wasteful (or commercially promotional) (yet often colorful) imagery ...

n'cindy -- yep ... seems as if, by definition, a "politician" is a spendthrift ... they think OPM is endless ...

[Lairbo]

RtWH: Thanks for the direct link. Serves me right for trying anything interwebs-related before being fully caffeinated...

OtheU. I wasn't looking at her feet...

[Meanie the Blue]

I fear that CJ's prediction is inevitable. Keep your eye on this space for future posts about flaming toad bits, exotically positioned amphibians, toadnappings, and other creative redeployments of these public assets.

[Siouxie]

*Will stay ribbit-ed to this blog*

[SW]

Right, meanie. And then CJ will proudly proclaim, "I TOAD you so!"

[Ross]

They Toad you up, your mum and dad
They may not mean to but they do.

The council could have had some much more interesting statues.

[Ralph]

FYI, the poems are here and here.

I'm toadally underwhelmed.

[SW]

Agreed, Ralph.

The Beatles "Good Morning, Good Morning" says it so much better. And you can dance to it.

[Clankazoid]

This will dramatically stimulate the toad production industry and create or save 11.5 jobs. I don't see who could possibly be against it.

[Mumbo Jumbo]

And, of course, "Oversized Amphibians" WBAGNFARB.