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		Driver finds iconic 26-foot-tall statue unavoidable, crashes into it. Guess where (970wfla.com)		36
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BurnShrike		2012-04-27 09:22:07 AM

Driver finds iconic 26-foot-tall statue unavoidable, crashes into it. Guess where

At the bottom would be my guess.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat		2012-04-27 09:28:03 AM

BurnShrike: At the bottom would be my guess.

Don't be so sure: this is Florida after all.

cgraves67		2012-04-27 10:26:10 AM

Well, I hope that it came to rest in a sexually provacative position, thereby embarrassing the (presumed elderly) driver even further.

abhorrent1		2012-04-27 10:26:50 AM

Had to be either a woman, or some 90 year-old.

/or both

ShadowLAnCeR		2012-04-27 10:27:20 AM

The real question here is if you are standing correctly underneath the statue, what is up the woman figure's skirt?

/focus people!

nytmare		2012-04-27 10:28:43 AM

The statue was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of the way when I struck the front end.

factoryconnection		2012-04-27 10:28:57 AM

Is that a BMW or a Mercedes? Hard to tell, but it was most assuredly an old woman driving it. A white luxury car in Florida? Blue hair, guaranteed.

Great_Milenko		2012-04-27 10:32:28 AM

FTFA: Unconditional Surrender" is on loan to the City of Sarasota. It's reportedly based on an event photographed in New York's Times Square, during celebrations following the announcement of Japan's surrender in World War Two.

Reportedly based? It is what it is. The photo has got to be one of the top 20 well known images from the 20th century. I think it's safe to say where this iconic imagery comes from.

ChrisDe		2012-04-27 10:36:53 AM

Can they borrow the one in San Diego until repairs are made?

Kurmudgeon		2012-04-27 10:40:59 AM

factoryconnection: A white luxury car in Florida? Blue hair, guaranteed.

Or someone who wants to reflect the sun's rays the best they can.
Ever sat in a black car in Florida after it's been parked out in the sun all day?
It's freakin hot, jack......

Bruxellensis		2012-04-27 10:42:18 AM

Work blocks the link. Anyone want to post the picture(s)?

VenomousDuck		2012-04-27 10:45:54 AM

And then she went home and got right on AOL to tell all of her friends what happened.

DubyaHater		2012-04-27 10:52:45 AM

Ah yes, Sarasota, FL. Average age: 75 years old. Cataracts are apparently contagious too.

LordOfThePings		2012-04-27 11:01:08 AM

"Too kitschy"? You live in Florida, for crying out loud.

fireclown		2012-04-27 11:06:30 AM

DubyaHater: Ah yes, Sarasota, FL. Average age: 75 years old. Cataracts are apparently contagious too.

I don't think thats a cataract. I think it's a BMW.

cup of tea		2012-04-27 11:11:17 AM

Bruxellensis: Work blocks the link. Anyone want to post the picture(s)?

I tried, but its surprisingly too large, even thought the article hotlines it from a clear channel site....

here's the image addy... http://content.clearchannel.com/cc-common/mlib/1139/04/1139_1335509458 .jpg

/First time I've ever seen it reference as "World War two" with that capitalization

cup of tea		2012-04-27 11:12:12 AM

and apparently I forgot how to type in my time away from Fark

Nightmaretony		2012-04-27 11:17:31 AM

26 and BMW?

clatl.com

Fark-N-Noodle		2012-04-27 11:18:09 AM

I can see why, the first thing is an oppurtunity to look up a woman's dress and the second thing is that this happens. Anyway that would be my defence.

JackieRabbit		2012-04-27 11:19:28 AM

He was just trying to get the world's largest up-skirt shot.

Bruxellensis		2012-04-27 11:30:26 AM

cup of tea: Bruxellensis: Work blocks the link. Anyone want to post the picture(s)?

I tried, but its surprisingly too large, even thought the article hotlines it from a clear channel site....

here's the image addy... http://content.clearchannel.com/cc-common/mlib/1139/04/1139_1335509458 .jpg

/First time I've ever seen it reference as "World War two" with that capitalization

Danke schön!

Jon iz teh kewl		2012-04-27 11:30:54 AM

Every foot of that statue represents the time in minutes someone should be somewhere in particular...

StrikitRich		2012-04-27 11:35:34 AM

fireclown: DubyaHater: Ah yes, Sarasota, FL. Average age: 75 years old. Cataracts are apparently contagious too.

I don't think thats a cataract. I think it's a BMW.

OK, thread over.

/will have to remember to drive by after lunch.

aphyd		2012-04-27 11:40:04 AM

I parsed "Driver" as "Diver" and thought it would be that underwater Jesus statue.

JerryD		2012-04-27 12:00:58 PM

I've seen said statue...and I likes it.

Reaperman		2012-04-27 12:12:38 PM

I would love to have a camera nearby and photograph all the men who try to inconspicuously look up and see what is under the skirt.

/been there
//never looked up though
///the wife was nearby

FloydA		2012-04-27 12:14:22 PM

dabeansdad		2012-04-27 12:14:47 PM

Driver finds iconic 26-foot-tall statue unavoidable, crashes into it. Guess where

I misread this. Initially I was trying to figure out how a car could hit a statue in the crotch...

PsyLord		2012-04-27 12:25:51 PM

No information about the driver? Great job there, Lou.

markb289		2012-04-27 12:55:13 PM

It didn't occur to anyone to put a guardrail around the 26' tall statue next to traffic?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom		2012-04-27 01:12:16 PM

abhorrent1: Had to be either a woman, or some 90 year-old.

/or both

This is Sarasota. The driver was female, 90, and from New Yawk.

opiumpoopy		2012-04-27 01:35:13 PM

markb289: It didn't occur to anyone to put a guardrail around the 26' tall statue next to traffic?

The grass in the photo suggests it's not so much 'next to traffic'

/ Although clearly, it is just at the moment...

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom		2012-04-27 02:44:58 PM

opiumpoopy: markb289: It didn't occur to anyone to put a guardrail around the 26' tall statue next to traffic?

The grass in the photo suggests it's not so much 'next to traffic'

/ Although clearly, it is just at the moment...

Yeah, its pretty far off the road. You'd really have to fark up pretty badly to come anywhere near it

levitcleos		2012-04-27 03:08:29 PM

Achilles Heel.

Do I win a prize?

factoryconnection		2012-04-27 04:06:11 PM

PsyLord: No information about the driver? Great job there, Lou.

"A 62-year-old woman driving a white Mercedes E350 sedan careened into the Unconditional Surrender statue on Sarasota's bayfront Thursday morning." Link

Oh, it turns out I was right... though I would have figured even older than 62.