the wellingtonista

Now you see it....

Submitted by llew on Thu, 2006-07-20 14:27.

Now you see it!Remember a few months back that the city council was worried that someone might steal the 2.5 tonne Henry Moore statue that sits at the edge of the Botanic Gardens near Salamanca Road?

Now you don’t!I mean, since they planted the idea the Wellingtonista crew did band together & steal it for our foyer one night. But in the morning we regretted it & snuck it back before anyone noticed.

Anyway, I’m not sure what is happening here… either the council has decided to disguise the statue from prospective thieves…. Or it represents a new work of art in itself. Perhaps by Christo?

noizyboy's picture

As found on Stuff...

Wellington City Council spokesman David Venables said maintenance was being carried out. Scaffolding had been put up so workers could wash and rewax the sculpture. The shed would protect the bronze while work was done and stop people climbing on the framework and sculpture.

noizyboy's picture

it did look good in the foyer, but.

Natalie Biz's picture

now, it may just be me, but doesn't this seem like some sort of elaborate scheme a la Ocean's Eleven?

Has anyone actually eyeballed the sculpture since it's gone under wraps?

I mean, I find it easy to imagine, after a couple of weeks, a suspicious council worker pulls down the shed to discover that...

horror! the sculpture - gone! nothing but a tunnel in the ground leading to a garage slightly further down the hill, from whence the cunning thieves have loaded up their booty far from prying eyes.

noizyboy's picture

bizgirl as Julia Roberts
jo as Catherine Zeta-Jones
llew as George Clooney
hadyn as Brad Pitt
alan as Matt Damon
martha as, um, Julia Roberts pretending to be Julia Roberts
noizy as Elliott Gould

and introducing Tom Beard as Bruce Willis.

Joanna's picture

Woo!

Wait, I don't have to sleep with Michael Douglas now do I?

Joanna's picture

Cos I did that whole taking one for the team in that stairwell with Blumsky already...

llew's picture

And look, it's clear I haven't mastered replying to the right message. Just bear with me....

noizyboy's picture

ewww. michael douglas. consider that particular 'duty' outside of your other zeta-jones job description.

llew's picture

Wait... are you saying you slept with Blumsky?

llew's picture

Ermm... don't tell anyone, but isn't that EXACTLY what we planned to do when they first put in the camera?

"The shed would protect the bronze while work was done"

Er yes, bronze is very susceptible to damage like that.

Hadyn's picture

Didn't Blumsky end up with a black eye from that?
What did you do to him Jo.

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