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Goodbye Norma Jean,
Though I never knew you at all;
You were the giant statue
Whose panties we all saw...





Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man on the twenty-second floor
Who thought it was a terrible
Travesty of Marilyn Monroe...

Comments

[gwyndlyn.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Sam. My monitor was in serious danger from my coffee upon reading this.

[mycatsellsclues.livejournal.com]

*hits imaginary like button*

[elf-amazon.livejournal.com]

Not only was that almost precisely my reaction, but your icon is amazing. Would you mind sharing said icon? (I would of course give credit.)

[gwyndlyn.livejournal.com]

I do wish I had created that icon. I found it some time ago on an icon community. It was created by mrs_spock.

[foxxydancr.livejournal.com]

aw. so sad! why's she going away?

[foxxydancr.livejournal.com]

though i like how in this photo she's like a mermaid rising from the sea, except not.

maybe i need more coffee.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Well, aside from the vitriolic dislike of everyone in Chicago...:D

She was always meant to be a temporary installation. She belongs to a sculpture foundation out in California, they just loaned her out for the winter.

[foxxydancr.livejournal.com]

I feel that I have developed an illogical affection for truly bad monumental public art. i consider it a form of self defense. After all, I do have to look at this every day: http://boringpittsburgh.com/news/walking-to-the-sky-is-back-sorry-cmu/

[danceswithlife]

They sent her for the winter dressed like THAT? :-)

That photo is truly disturbing.

[bookwormsarah.livejournal.com]

Rather terrifyingly it looks as if she has been sucked into a sudden sinkhole and is struggling to get free...

[evilstorm.livejournal.com]

And...has lost her lower half somewhere in the process...

[bookwormsarah.livejournal.com]

Clearly didn't taste good so was spat out by the Amazing Subway Monster...

If the legs weren't visible I'd caption the photo "Perception filter failure injures giant at Torchwood's Chicago branch"

[bakaknight.livejournal.com]

1) Why are they taking away giant Marilyn!

2) Aha, the game of stalk the Sam becomes more interesting with the information of which floor you're on...

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

1) You mean aside from how everyone in Chicago hates her? :D She never belonged to us. She belongs to a sculpture foundation in California, they just loaned her out.

2) Well, I should say, I'm not actually on the 22nd floor of that particular building. :D

[bakaknight.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I was thinking perhaps it was starting to grow on people. Like mold, or moss or something.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

No. If anything she just got more annoying :D Especially since with the warm weather, more dudebros than ever spend their time being photographed pretending to lick her.

[neifile7.livejournal.com]

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a scandal in the wind
Never knowing how your undies
Would lure tourists in...

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHA YES. I can always count on you to add wonderfully to the filk. :D

[neifile7.livejournal.com]

You are the Worldmaster in Filkprompting.

Like Eeyore's ass. There to be bounced off.

[veedub.livejournal.com]

!!!!

[lunar8i8star.livejournal.com]

My Bosses actually liked her and are sad to see her go. *shakes head* I guess there's just no accounting for taste.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Reactions are mixed, admittedly, though most of the people I've talked to are very much in the "Thank god" camp :D

[lunar8i8star.livejournal.com]

I'm in the "Thank god" camp myself. Admittedly, it was fun to watch the tourists react to her for about a week. I just hope we get something awesome now.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

I miss the giant eyeball that was over by the library last summer.

[la-trombonista.livejournal.com]

Is it okay for me to Metaquote this?

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

By all means, spread the cheer!

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

I just saw this on Metaquotes: ROFL, brilliant!

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D I'm so glad to see her go.

[betawriter.livejournal.com]

Here from Metaquotes, and as someone who works at the Inland Steel building on Monroe, I am delighted to see the end of this statue. Delighted that she won't be tagged anymore, delighted that her underpants won't be spraypainted red, delighted that the tourists won't be photographed looking up at them, DELIGHTED!

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

You and me both. And also everyone I know. DELIGHTED!

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Nope. I was kind of bummed I was out of town when it happened.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

That's almost - almost - as good as the people who painted the *ahem* stones of the Charging Bull in Bowling Green (downtown Manhattan close to Wall Street) with blue paint.

[evil-girraffe.livejournal.com]

Norma Jean's gone,
She's moving oooooon!

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

Heh, my brain immediately leapt to "Lexington and 52nd Street," but that works better.

[eatsoylentgreen.livejournal.com]

I rather like it that way. Perhaps they could only do the top half and call it "beauty trapped in concrete"

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

It would certainly have more significance and meaning than the way it was previously. Not that this would be difficult.

[abraxas-life.livejournal.com]

This makes me quite sad! I enjoyed watching you chicagoans huddle under her skirt, seeking respite from the weather.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Bah! Tourists! Chicago natives don't notice the kind of weather a skirt would protect you from. :D

[abraxas-life.livejournal.com]

The tourists, then! It was still darling. Where will they hide now? Regular old awnings?

[rednwhiterose.livejournal.com]

My place of habitation now has a giant gold Micahlangelo's David on our Main Street, outside the "up and coming, trendy, cool, museum/art museum".


And before you ask...yes, all his manly bits are there for all to see.

[aunty_marion]

If it's a true replica of David, 'bits' is the right word. Poor chap.

[ysabet.livejournal.com]

True. To quote a really cheesy movie (The Sword and the Sorcerer):

"That's a small threat.
.....That's a very small threat."

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

I do him the respect of assuming he's a grower, not a show-er. :D

[chandri.livejournal.com]

Thought this might amuse you - Marilyn's disassembly made at least one of the Vancouver free dailies today.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

It's a lovely photo :D I suppose it's only fair; she made international news when she went up....

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

exposed... legs. riiiiight.