Thursday 13 January 2011

Friday My Town Shoot-out - Weird

This week's subject for the Friday My Town Shoot-out is "Weird" .  I've gone for an animal theme!

A weird elephant in Chester Cathedral.  This bench end was carved by a medieval craftsman who obviously hadn't seen an elephant.

Simply weird - at Plas Newydd.


Half a lion - is that weird or what?


A Penguin in West Kirby


A Hippo in Chester Cathedral

And a Superlambanana - thanks for the suggestion, Monica.

Why not check out other people's my town shoot-outs this week.

16 comments:

  1. Yes!! Good choices! Love to see the superlambanana again ;) and that hippo and the penguin are wonderful as well. And that elephant in the first picture is definitely weird...

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  2. How funny - you know Scriptor that they can make whatever changes to anything, as long as their name is "artist":)
    I'm wondering though what an elephant is doing in a cathedral...

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  3. Great job on this one. I have not done mine yet, most things covered with snow. Love the first one. Very creepy looking.
    QMM

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  4. Great post, Scriptor! I love all things weird and these crypto-critters definitely fit the bill.

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  5. The hippo in the cathedral is hilarious!

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  6. the first picture, was that an elephant? weird! i like the first and the last :)

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  7. I love that medieval carving, and I bet you're right about the craftsman having only the vaguest of descriptions to go on;really when I think about it, he did pretty well!

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  8. Wahahahahah I loooved every one!! Wonderful weird choices!! What fun stuff you have over there!!!
    Sarah :)

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  9. The last picture, now that's a weird animal! lol

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  10. Oh you nailed it after those initial self-doubts. The half lion is really weird even for sculpture. Like part of a set giant bookends.

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  11. I agree with Jama, that last one is wierd. The hippo is really cute and made me smile.

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  12. Great Bunch of Weirdness! I'm so glad to see a superlambanana! New species I suspect.

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  13. Very good SS!! these are all very weird and strange. I like the last one, he is kind of cute.

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  14. How's the weather?

    That tiger must have been sitting too much watching TV, that is why his bottom is so big.

    Last night, I watched your UK Midsomer Murder, as I sometimes do on a Saturday evening. This outsider comes to the village and starts killing people for no reasons. That is weird.

    But I like this show, no frivolous gun shooting, no plastic-surgeoned actresses. Just Inspector Barnaby and his side kick. Do you watch?

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  15. Yes Ann, I too like cosy crime such as Midsomer Murders. I'm not sure I'd like to live near him though - I doubt even New York has a crime rate like his villages!

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