Lonan3 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Someone please tell me that THIS is just a wind-up. An extraordinary piece of 'public art', 50 feet in height, is set to be installed on north quay, Douglas, at a cost approaching £30,000. Commissioned by the Douglas Development Partnership, it's described as a fibre-glass gull, suspended from a three-legged support structure, and designed to move with the wind, like a weather vane. It would be placed alongside the lifting bridge, at the start and finish of the 'Road of the Gull' footpath, which goes around the Island. Or perhaps its symbolic of our politicians being a load of grasping scavengers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wideload Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 hmmmm, a giant shitehawk, thats just what we need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcCann Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I can see people getting into a flap over this one Some may even be spitting feathers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 perhaps if it could flap its wings in the wind it could do something useful like generating electricity rather than be another costly eyesore, neither use nor ornament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 it's described as a fibre-glass gull, suspended from a three-legged support structure, and designed to move with the wind, like a weather vane I'm sure the local chav community will quickly learn how to appreciate this kind of art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Yes. Run down but never mind lets put some shitty street art up to celebrate shitehawks. But its something big and expensive that shits all over you. The perfect symbol for the corporation really :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamplemousse Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 On the same day David Christian is quoted as saying Douglas is "run down". http://www.manxradio.com/readNEwsItem.aspx?id=7584 Yes. Run down but never mind lets put some shitty street art up to celebrate shitehawks. Maybe he should ponder whether the total lack of vision and lack of planning on behalf of the Corpy is the reason why why Douglas is run down in the first place. Douglas ratepayers pay some of the highest rates on the Island for absolutely bugger all and paying £30k for this load of CRAP won't fix it. Bless you! *hearty applause* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeky boy Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I may be wrong but I think the shitehawk is to be paid for by the Douglas Development Partnership. The corpy are out of funds having spent all our rates on: Tarting up the town hall and heating it to about 80 degrees Renting an ex bank in Victoria Street to put the library in because they knocked through into the old library when tarting up the town hall Renting a bin wagon facility from Dandara after selling the one they owned.......to Dandara Personally I don't mind a giant non-shitting shitehawk on the quay as long as they shoot all the real ones first, but its the pigeons I really hate etc. etc. etc, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossils Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Yes. Run down but never mind lets put some shitty street art up to celebrate shitehawks. But its something big and expensive that shits all over you. The perfect symbol for the corporation really :-) This is a highly imaginative and original idea. But wait a minute...................hasn't Belfast got a giant fish on the waterfront, and isn't this a bit copycat ? (washes mouth out with soap and water) Why not build a Giant Manx Crab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 Better still, why not a fifty-foot, well-filled, brown envelope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 A model of a Jellyfish on the quay would be more appropriate for the council...no brains, no heart and no ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermes Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Isn't the gull the symbol of the Raaid Ny Foillan? It sounds like its going to mark the start of the path. To be honest, I would much rather see art like this as a sign of a flourishing and developing society than some shite blocks of flats and crowded, pokey and flimsy new housing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossils Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Isn't the gull the symbol of the Raaid Ny Foillan? It sounds like its going to mark the start of the path.To be honest, I would much rather see art like this as a sign of a flourishing and developing society than some shite blocks of flats and crowded, pokey and flimsy new housing... .................and there was me, along with 90% of the population, thinking that The Way of the Gull was to rip open all the black bin liners and scatter the contents around for the longtails. Deja Vu! Didn't a bloke called De Lorean make a fortune out of the ratepayers with a gull sculpture idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 A model of a Jellyfish on the quay would be more appropriate for the council...no brains, no heart and no ears. You forgot the "spineless" bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaipyr Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Personally I don't mind a giant non-shitting shitehawk on the quay as long as they shoot all the real ones first, but its the pigeons I really hate etc. etc. etc, I recommend therapy for your irrational hatred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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