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Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> wrote:

On 2025-09-23, J. J. Lodder wrote:

Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> wrote:

Den 23.09.2025 kl. 12.00 skrev Adam Funk:

"I walk by the Oscar Wilde statue in Merrion Square every day. You >> > don't see people rubbing his crotch for good luck.

I have seen bronze staues of naked men with shining penisses. I've
forgotten where.

I've heard of them but not seen any IRL.

In Prague, perhaps?
<https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/aknvg5/penis_of_bronze_s

tatue_in_prague_is_golden_from/>

I missed that when I was in Prague, although I did see the shiny dog
on the plaque on one of the bridges (virtual geocache).

Meridian update: Near Arago #132, @ Avenue Junot -> Rue Simon Dereure
#15,

Place Dalida, buste.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dalida_bust_Paris.jpg>

Those who live there assure passing visitors
that passing her by without palming her breasts
is sure to bring you bad luck.

French savoir vivre vs Irish pruderie, eh?

Jan
--
Philip Freriks - De Meridiaan van Parijs.
Not translated, afaik,
but the walk by itself can be reproduced.
It trabverse Paris along the meridian,
from the Peripherique South to the Peripherique North. <https://www.conserve.nl/fonds/de-meridiaan-van-parijs-181/>

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Ar an ceathr|| l|i de m|! Deireadh F||mhair, scr|!obh J. J. Lodder:

[...] Meridian update: Near Arago #132, @ Avenue Junot -> Rue Simon Dereure #15,

Place Dalida, buste.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dalida_bust_Paris.jpg>

Those who live there assure passing visitors
that passing her by without palming her breasts
is sure to bring you bad luck.

French savoir vivre vs Irish pruderie, eh?

There was plenty of push-back on the complaints, but yourCOre right, Dublin City
Council is now attempting to reduce the habit (of passers-by rubbing the breasts of the Molly Malone statue), installing flower beds around her. Fragile souls, the complainers.
--
rCyAs I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stoutrCO
(C. Moore)
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On 04/10/2025 at 16:04, Aidan Kehoe wrote:

Ar an ceathr|| l|i de m|! Deireadh F||mhair, scr|!obh J. J. Lodder:

> [...] Meridian update: Near Arago #132, @ Avenue Junot -> Rue Simon Dereure
> #15,
> -> Place Dalida, buste.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dalida_bust_Paris.jpg>
>
> Those who live there assure passing visitors
> that passing her by without palming her breasts
> is sure to bring you bad luck.
>
> French savoir vivre vs Irish pruderie, eh?

There was plenty of push-back on the complaints, but yourCOre right, Dublin City
Council is now attempting to reduce the habit (of passers-by rubbing the breasts of the Molly Malone statue), installing flower beds around her. Fragile
souls, the complainers.

Rubbing the 'Dublin Portal'?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1882x5xggo

Videos circulating online included clips of a man "mooning" and others apparently pretending to take drugs.

A caller to RT|e told of a woman suspected of being under the influence
of alcohol being led away by garda|! (Irish police) after dancing provocatively against the portal screen.
--
Chris Elvidge, England
I WILL NOT SELL SCHOOL PROPERTY
Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 7F10

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Ar an ceathr|| l|i de m|! Deireadh F||mhair, scr|!obh Chris Elvidge:

[...] There was plenty of push-back on the complaints, but yourCOre right, Dublin City Council is now attempting to reduce the habit (of passers-by rubbing the breasts of the Molly Malone statue), installing flower beds around her. Fragile souls, the complainers.

Rubbing the 'Dublin Portal'?

A separate thing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1882x5xggo

Videos circulating online included clips of a man "mooning" and others apparently pretending to take drugs.

A caller to RT|e told of a woman suspected of being under the influence of alcohol being led away by garda|! (Irish police) after dancing provocatively against the portal screen.

Dublin can be rough. I enjoy visiting, but IrCOm glad not to live there, and thatrCOs one aspect of why.
--
rCyAs I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stoutrCO
(C. Moore)
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Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote:

Ar an ceathr. lb de m0 Deireadh F<mhair, scr0obh J. J. Lodder:

[...] Meridian update: Near Arago #132, @ Avenue Junot -> Rue Simon Dereure
#15,

Place Dalida, buste.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dalida_bust_Paris.jpg>

Those who live there assure passing visitors
that passing her by without palming her breasts
is sure to bring you bad luck.

French savoir vivre vs Irish pruderie, eh?

There was plenty of push-back on the complaints, but you're right, Dublin City Council is now attempting to reduce the habit (of passers-by rubbing
the breasts of the Molly Malone statue), installing flower beds around
her. Fragile souls, the complainers.

I think that feeling sculptured art
has always been part of the pleasure of having it.
(The Willendorf Venus was not intended for putting on a pedestal,
I guess)

And not just art.
A friend of mine who specialised in things like that
told me long ago that the rare lichens that grow
on the Stonehenge Sarsen stones (the standing ones)
can be found only above about 2.50 m from the ground up,

Jan


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On 04/10/2025 16:04, Aidan Kehoe wrote:

Ar an ceathr|| l|i de m|! Deireadh F||mhair, scr|!obh J. J. Lodder:

> [...] Meridian update: Near Arago #132, @ Avenue Junot -> Rue Simon Dereure
> #15,
> -> Place Dalida, buste.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dalida_bust_Paris.jpg>
>
> Those who live there assure passing visitors
> that passing her by without palming her breasts
> is sure to bring you bad luck.
>
> French savoir vivre vs Irish pruderie, eh?

There was plenty of push-back on the complaints, but yourCOre right, Dublin City
Council is now attempting to reduce the habit (of passers-by rubbing the breasts of the Molly Malone statue), installing flower beds around her. Fragile
souls, the complainers.

They may have a point. Is there any historical evidence to support the
idea of semi-nudity in the retail shellfish trade?
--
Sam Plusnet
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Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

On 04/10/2025 16:04, Aidan Kehoe wrote:

Ar an ceathr. lb de m0 Deireadh F<mhair, scr0obh J. J. Lodder:

> [...] Meridian update: Near Arago #132, @ Avenue Junot -> Rue Simon
> Dereure #15,
> -> Place Dalida, buste.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dalida_bust_Paris.jpg>
>
> Those who live there assure passing visitors
> that passing her by without palming her breasts
> is sure to bring you bad luck.
>
> French savoir vivre vs Irish pruderie, eh?

There was plenty of push-back on the complaints, but you're right,
Dublin City Council is now attempting to reduce the habit (of passers-by rubbing the breasts of the Molly Malone statue), installing flower beds around her. Fragile souls, the complainers.

They may have a point. Is there any historical evidence to support the
idea of semi-nudity in the retail shellfish trade?

Just the first hit coming my way <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eugen_Felix_(attr)_Die_Marktfrau.jpg>

Selling things requires drawing customers first,
and any means will do.
BTW, the sculptress, Jeanne Rynhart, insisted that her rendering
is historicaly correct for the 17th century.

Jan
--
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Malone> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Rynhart>

"The statue has since become one of the most popular tourist attractions
in Dublin and is fondly --regarded-- by locals" (wikipedia, emp. JJL)


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* (J. J. Lodder) <1rjr67u.ndpd0v8zb38mN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> :
Wrote on Sun, 5 Oct 2025 23:15:15 +0200:

|BTW, the sculptress, Jeanne Rynhart, insisted that her rendering
|is historicaly correct for the 17th century.
|
|Jan
|--
|<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Malone> |<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Rynhart>
|
|"The statue has since become one of the most popular tourist attractions
|in Dublin and is fondly --regarded-- by locals" (wikipedia, emp. JJL)

i think you emphasised the wrong word

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