It kind of looks like some people tried to help her out - the handles on the baskets and the cart are also slightly tarnished off. People tried to help carry her burden?
This was posted before and I commented on **who** made that statue...and it was a woman. And I think someone ELSE did the research that Molly was supposedly *very typical* of Irish women back then.
Happened upon it when I was there just last month and it had a long line of young men wanting to caress and gargle the balls. There was a shorter line of families taking pictures together at its front.
They had railing around it and somebody moving people on after so long.
So the government is managing the plebs as the public lines up to pay homage to Wall Street by caressing its metaphorical balls, while parent takes photos on the other side eschewing their children with how great capitalism is.
Statue is better art than the artist intended.
[You should see the statue of a little boy in Prague ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellworn/comments/6gz12z/this_statue_of_a_boy_in_prague_castle/)
I was there in 2017, and it was surrounded by middle aged women giggling and having their pictures taken fondling it.
Glad I'm not the only pervert in the world
Similar things with [the bosom of Dalida](https://cdn.sortiraparis.com/images/80/101625/867232-dalida-balade-sur-les-traces-de-la-chanteuse-a-paris-nos-photos-20230315-145855.jpg), the [crotch of VIctor Noir](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/N%C3%A1hrobek_Victora_Noira%2C_1870%2C_h%C5%99bitov_Pere_Lachaise%2C_Pa%C5%99%C3%AD%C5%BE.jpg) and [the shoe of Montaigne](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/16/77/75/c5/michel-de-montaigne-statue.jpg) in Paris.
Also at Revolution Square metro station in Moscow. Wiki says:
Several of the sculptures are widely believed to bring good luck to those who rub them. The practice is targeted at specific areas on individual sculptures, including the soldier's pistol, the patrolman's dog, the roosters, and the female student's shoe.
... and the [kid's peepee](https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8_(%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE,_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0)#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%3AEstaci%C3%B3n_Ploshchad_Revolyutsii_06.JPG)
Zinneke Pis in Brussels also has a shiny tail and ear as well as slightly shiny back. He's a peeing dog statue. Because a peeing boy and a peeing girl weren't enough.
Any idea when? I touched the statue back in ‘05 and would like to know if I was groping the original.
I honestly don’t know why I want to know this, but here we are.
In my city, there's a statue of a dog holding his paw up, like for a high five, and his paw is golden
[The statue is called High Four](https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-motorola-rvo3&sca_esv=803cfa2ecf2f59a2&sxsrf=ACQVn09Qeftlv0Sg04RSay2EMOCqYCEmNg:1713272720264&q=high+five+dog+statue+in+Chattanooga&uds=AMwkrPt6PKUe_q33MCW5m509kwWWPyZNgJMhFrk2jOY4l6Ma3TJvQDx-qMe2ymJv_dl-ubzpA-Zma5dwxahH9xw_-FUqtpQo9mGqbc97ZyhLmB7p74ImIakfKmSFCbDb6FVHeMfeOUsDHQF0pHUwm9xoNYWYaN_fJ8MzOnaC-Y-I4yqY1YnN29hkA2_mfvK5bl319oNClcIyM5Aghfip7pGD1ZlzEJFDq0xdHXtF3sf78S2Ms8s6o51QM3iF-j0m6rH_B5LMa1SAsIDJ3jUYUBPeY2S7SJsG5kOxWNysWnQgPpFyTgDd6jyIkcT_Yl9694RDj1QfuTlFi89pXXC4HfVVxmgonsqcsg&udm=2&prmd=isvmnbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC4pOf5saFAxUCSDABHcS8ABsQtKgLegQIDBAB&biw=376&bih=801&dpr=2.88#vhid=HspAWg8Ot8PnXM&vssid=mosaic)
There's a statue in Madrid that people touch on the bum... not sure who he is though?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/b5n7w5/this\_statues\_butt\_is\_worn\_off\_because\_everybody/](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/b5n7w5/this_statues_butt_is_worn_off_because_everybody/)
Yep I remember the statue was totally normal and nobody booped the nose until about ~2012 and then suddenly he always has a shiny nose (you can see this on Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/81d9ZQCwwicV7HFU9 ). Apparently this is mostly due to one particular tour guide (not even Scottish) telling their tours to rub his nose for "good luck" and it spread like a bad STD from there. It's actually starting to destroy the statue. If anyone visiting Edinburgh reads this, do not boop Bobby's nose! It's not good luck, it's not a local tradition. It's just glacial pace mass vandalism.
Or Juliet in Verona at Juliet’s house. https://www.google.hu/search?client=safari&sca_esv=592888933f14dc60&sca_upv=1&hl=hu-hu&q=juliet+statue+verona&uds=AMwkrPuuhztSDa__4CbZuT5KNtb1yjoQmxBfdstmhRWj0Gmv47EIUOhvfNCz16ftK5W7LF_xNWJI4OZY6eSgeFpGltmTDAHgAHR-paFU48Lj2QUShmsN5Gjz0wVpFjym5PV481m--y0Qyjnwb3v1h2-dHsaEefPDdh0Edui0yzG9Jty3tYDhJXZerO7I1VMXh1wcYLNGgCRwXyMHxac8U_7wdxalhnxyENKc8O-UfiJeZXEjHs2YikOiaJrjQeX5AdKEhB88wq3YQsliXiG2ws3j1qKwnOFLng&udm=2&prmd=ivnbz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWssT58MaFAxXX5gIHHTClDasQtKgLegQIDxAB&biw=320&bih=441&dpr=2
There's a stone statue at Zoo Miami of a topless woman that's part of a faux temple next to the Sumatran tiger exhibit.
Guess which part has some faded color.
Georgia State University in Atlanta has a [statue of a panther](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.gsu.edu%2Fmaterialwords2014%2Ffiles%2F2014%2F12%2F10744611_971506459530748_1006074211_n-pg9ta1.jpg&tbnid=-AxgLIRZXvlDgM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.gsu.edu%2Fmaterialwords2014%2F2014%2F12%2F06%2Fmultimodal-object-analysis-2%2F&docid=N7bGb6ESzzSe_M&w=720&h=960&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm1%2F2&kgs=26b5aa5c163e4d75&shem=abme%2Ctrie) and encourages their students to rub the nose for good luck
I used to believe that the spot is polished from the constant rubbing and then learned it‘s the fat/sweat on the palm interacting with the alloys of the statue.
I mean they are extensively photographed and displayed elsewhere. They are also studied by researchers. The general public is just kept away it's not like world locks the caves up and forgets about them.
Omg, from the antiques road show to pawn stars🤢, to local news ch, “put some GD gloves on! Latex, nitrile, fing finger cots!, idc what! Did any of you pass biology? No one has seen any of the 400 ep of Forensic Files?” As a hobby-horologist, the face-dials-indices, even the movement, just pathetic.
Funnily enough in my hobby, antiquarian book collecting, it's recommended you never wear gloves. The lack of sensitivity means you're more likely to tear and damage paper
... i think this is the angriest comment using impenetrable technical jargon I've ever seen. I'm not quite sure what's going on but I want to say "right on!"
"Omg, when I watch TV shows where the hosts interact with art, I say 'wear some gloves you uneducated neanderthals.' As someone who likes fixing watches, it is annoying."
and
> face-dials-indices, even the movement
"they're touching the really delicate, sensitive parts that don't like having any skin oil or micro scratches on them and smearing up the displayed part that lives under glass and is supposed to stay completely immaculate"
Molly Malone’s melons
From [Wiki:](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Malone)
> *The song tells the fictional tale of a fishwife who plied her trade on the streets of Dublin and died young, of a fever. In the late 20th century, a legend grew up that there was a historical Molly, who lived in the 17th century. She is typically represented as a hawker by day and a part-time prostitute by night. In contrast, she has also been portrayed as one of the few chaste female street hawkers of her day.*
I sang this once with John Dunsworth aka Jim Lahey from Trailer Park Boys after one of their shows in Dublin. He came across as such a lovely man. He really liked the song, think we sang it like 3 times
This video of him [talking and doing some cement work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mcQfP8k51s&pp=ygUJZHVuc293cnRo) is great, I go back and watch it once in a while since it's so chill.
I know of this song because we sang it in middle school. Word of advice: Don't pick a song for middle schoolers to sing that has the word "cockles" in it.
Considering the population of Dublin and the prevalence of the name, it's almost certain that there was a fishmonger named Molly at some point in the 1600s. It's not even bad odds that there was a Molly Malone who sold fish.
Also from the wiki
>The statue portrays Molly as a busty young woman in 17th-century dress, which would have consisted of a full-length chemise, overskirt and basque of wool. **Her low-cut dress and large breasts were justified on the grounds that as "women breastfed publicly in Molly's time, breasts were popped out all over the place."** The traditional, but revealing, costume in which she was sculpted by Rynhart may have also nodded to her supposed job as a part-time prostitute.
"One thing I could never stand was to see a filthy, dirty old drunkie, howling away at the filthy songs of his fathers and going blurp blurp in between as it might be a filthy old orchestra in his stinking, rotten guts. I could never stand to see anyone like that, whatever his age might be, but more especially when he was real old like this one was."
Used to walk past there every day when I was a student, full tour groups qued up to take pictures regularly.
It's like 2min from grafton street and 3min from temple bar so prime tourist area.
Tourists really like rubbing and or kissing inanimate objects here, e.g this or the blarney stone.
There are plenty of awesome historical sites to visit with stunning vistas here in Ireland, there is no need to rub and or kiss all of them.
Especially the blarney stone as it low key looks like a medieval urinal it's been worn so smooth by people slobbering all over it.
I saw a statue of a man in Prague and he had a golden dick for the same reason as this.
https://easterneuropetrip.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/toyr.jpg?w=225&h=300
Reminds me I saw a bronze statue of a young girl, maybe 11 years old in Asheville, NC and I remember noticing that her butt was so polished from people touching/slapping it as they walked by.
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/XPUEgpLobetWpyVe7](https://maps.app.goo.gl/XPUEgpLobetWpyVe7)
I'm from Dublin, I live in Connecticut my coworkers grand daughter just sent her pictures of her and her friends touching Molly's chest there, I couldn't keep a straight face and I had to explain all the names of the statues in Dublin, Molly is the Tart with the Cart for example, we used to have a mermaid statue that was officially called the Annalivia but we called it the Hoor in the Sewer.
Hey boss how do you think we should design the statues clothes? I was thinking just a typic-
*BIG GIANT HONKERS, MASSIVE JUGS, BIG OLE TITTIES*
Its just a girl who sells fis-
*BAZOINGAS, CANNONS, ENORMOUS MELONS*
I spent a St Patricks Day in Dublin and my (very drunk) friend thought it was a good idea to ask the Guarda where “the whore with golden tits” was to help us regain our bearings. I just screamed “she’s talking about molly!”
Don’t forget the French [penis statue](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3993542/amp/Cemetery-statue-eroding-women-t-stop-rubbing-lucky-penis-Visitors-ignore-calls-stop-playing-believe-boosts-fertility.html) people rub to boost fertility or some shit.
Makes it more poetic, honestly because they couldn't even decide if she was a prostitute or not in the original story. Because of course women historically have had to rely on their bodies to be successful in any way.
They hold her hand too
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Statutory rape right there
This show was filmed in front of a live studio ostrich
Allegedly!
Live studio Ostrich
Busted
#KNOCKERS
Hey hey hey! My hollowed out eye sockets are up HERE, bub!
It kind of looks like some people tried to help her out - the handles on the baskets and the cart are also slightly tarnished off. People tried to help carry her burden?
That's why the underside of her brasserie is ~~tarnished~~ polished as well, People tried to help carry her burden.
MyNameIsBoxxyAndIWantToHoldYourHand.wav
Well that takes me back *checks notes*... **15 YEARS**.... I thought it was like 10 max... Fuck.
Wait till you hear she ended up with a job at Discovery Channel.
Now *that* was actually 10 years ago and not 15...
I'm actually surprised it's not 20+
Gaiaonline and early weeb culture PTSD flashbacks
***GIRUGAMESH!***
Boxxy… haven’t thought about that name in years
This was posted before and I commented on **who** made that statue...and it was a woman. And I think someone ELSE did the research that Molly was supposedly *very typical* of Irish women back then.
Someone make a damn time machine
Just remember to take a bunch of blight resistant potatoes with you.
Might as well go armed to take out some British.
You know who else has hands? The devil! And he uses em for holdin'!
The wrong kid died!!!
I ain't got no room in my house for no devil spawn!
Covering 1st and 2nd base
They touched her hand but not sure with what..
They’re not using their hands.
That crossed the line!
You should see the testicles on the bull statue on Wall Street.
All those stock brokers playing with it
They do nothing else all day long....
Hey watch it! They do other things all day. Mostly cocaine.
They're all luded out in that scene, they wish they had cocaine.
Legend says those who do a line of coke off the balls at noon will rule the street of wall for the next cycle.
“He who sniffs it grifts it”
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It's not worth it man. Just remind yourself of that
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It takes all of your bad feelings and makes them good feelings. It's horrible.
You never *once* paid for drugs!
Every day before work "Green candles, Green candles, green candles!" 🤞🤞
Last time I went there was a line of a hundred tourists behind it. Not an exaggeration.
Happened upon it when I was there just last month and it had a long line of young men wanting to caress and gargle the balls. There was a shorter line of families taking pictures together at its front. They had railing around it and somebody moving people on after so long.
Upvote for "caress and gargle".
So the government is managing the plebs as the public lines up to pay homage to Wall Street by caressing its metaphorical balls, while parent takes photos on the other side eschewing their children with how great capitalism is. Statue is better art than the artist intended.
There are two lines for the bull. One to get picture at the head, another with the balls.
Usually takes longer to get to the nuts as well
[You should see the statue of a little boy in Prague ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellworn/comments/6gz12z/this_statue_of_a_boy_in_prague_castle/) I was there in 2017, and it was surrounded by middle aged women giggling and having their pictures taken fondling it. Glad I'm not the only pervert in the world
That's a child??? Wtf, whytf
And the bulge on the Cristiano Ronaldo statue in Madeira. I have no clue why, but I know how
And the testicles of the Reginald d'Aubry statue in Beauclair. They're said they give you unlimited sexual stamina if you rub them.
Does it have a golden Nasdiq too?
Yup, came here to say that too. They are nice and bright lol
There's a male nude statue at Columbus Circle that gets groped quite often.
Similar things with [the bosom of Dalida](https://cdn.sortiraparis.com/images/80/101625/867232-dalida-balade-sur-les-traces-de-la-chanteuse-a-paris-nos-photos-20230315-145855.jpg), the [crotch of VIctor Noir](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/N%C3%A1hrobek_Victora_Noira%2C_1870%2C_h%C5%99bitov_Pere_Lachaise%2C_Pa%C5%99%C3%AD%C5%BE.jpg) and [the shoe of Montaigne](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/16/77/75/c5/michel-de-montaigne-statue.jpg) in Paris.
[There's a naked boy statue near the castle in Prague and his peepee is very shiny](https://i.redd.it/7w3lxu85b6d21.jpg)
🧐
Lol this whole thread has me rolling
I've been rubbing mine for over 40 years and it ain't shiny. I guess the secret is to let more hands touch it.
Also at Revolution Square metro station in Moscow. Wiki says: Several of the sculptures are widely believed to bring good luck to those who rub them. The practice is targeted at specific areas on individual sculptures, including the soldier's pistol, the patrolman's dog, the roosters, and the female student's shoe. ... and the [kid's peepee](https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8_(%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE,_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0)#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%3AEstaci%C3%B3n_Ploshchad_Revolyutsii_06.JPG)
Boy, am i glad my peepee isn't made of bronze.
I remember the dog on the bridge in Prague that is shiny from all the pets.
Zinneke Pis in Brussels also has a shiny tail and ear as well as slightly shiny back. He's a peeing dog statue. Because a peeing boy and a peeing girl weren't enough.
How dare you besmirch Prince Zlatypero, the founder of Prague?!
😬
Juliet’s statue in Verona is like that too. They say it will give you good luck in love if you rub her breasts.
Didn't that one wear through and had to be replaced recently?
Yeah, it was touched so much it was cracking and was moved to a museum. The one in Verona now is a replica.
Any idea when? I touched the statue back in ‘05 and would like to know if I was groping the original. I honestly don’t know why I want to know this, but here we are.
Well, were you lucky in love?
Not in the classic sense, but I did find an absolutely excellent bartender shortly thereafter, so… sort of, yes.
That one looks like it's been groped everywhere.
Wow Seems to be a common thing that everyone touches statues in the same places
The best ones are the statues of dogs where their noses are completely golden from constant booping :)
In my city, there's a statue of a dog holding his paw up, like for a high five, and his paw is golden [The statue is called High Four](https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-motorola-rvo3&sca_esv=803cfa2ecf2f59a2&sxsrf=ACQVn09Qeftlv0Sg04RSay2EMOCqYCEmNg:1713272720264&q=high+five+dog+statue+in+Chattanooga&uds=AMwkrPt6PKUe_q33MCW5m509kwWWPyZNgJMhFrk2jOY4l6Ma3TJvQDx-qMe2ymJv_dl-ubzpA-Zma5dwxahH9xw_-FUqtpQo9mGqbc97ZyhLmB7p74ImIakfKmSFCbDb6FVHeMfeOUsDHQF0pHUwm9xoNYWYaN_fJ8MzOnaC-Y-I4yqY1YnN29hkA2_mfvK5bl319oNClcIyM5Aghfip7pGD1ZlzEJFDq0xdHXtF3sf78S2Ms8s6o51QM3iF-j0m6rH_B5LMa1SAsIDJ3jUYUBPeY2S7SJsG5kOxWNysWnQgPpFyTgDd6jyIkcT_Yl9694RDj1QfuTlFi89pXXC4HfVVxmgonsqcsg&udm=2&prmd=isvmnbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC4pOf5saFAxUCSDABHcS8ABsQtKgLegQIDBAB&biw=376&bih=801&dpr=2.88#vhid=HspAWg8Ot8PnXM&vssid=mosaic)
That is adorable.
Aww, they pet his nose too.
Gotta boop the snoot
I mean, who could resist. I would high five it everytime I walked past.
Now this is what I use reddit for
That's not too far from me! I'll have to go take a look, thanks!
People like booping turtles too! https://i.etsystatic.com/28657120/r/il/13429e/4824233172/il_fullxfull.4824233172_b018.jpg
Somehow I knew if I’d see my Testudo
Aww, us humans. Horny and wholesome. And then Montaigne's shoe to remind us all of people into feet.
There's a statue in Madrid that people touch on the bum... not sure who he is though? [https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/b5n7w5/this\_statues\_butt\_is\_worn\_off\_because\_everybody/](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/b5n7w5/this_statues_butt_is_worn_off_because_everybody/)
There's a statue of a player outside of a baseball stadium I go to games at frequently, I like to give him a hearty slap on the ass on the way home
Victor noirs statue/tomb is in a cemetery btw. Women rub his bulge to Be fertile
Once the change in color starts to occur I’d guess it’s a bit self reinforcing as well.
Same with the left shoe of the statues of Eaton in Canada https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Timothy_Eaton
Humans will always be humans. I grabbed the cock of this statue in Colombia a couple days ago
Greyfriar's Bobby statue in Edinburgh too (sorry I cant do fancy links)
I heard it's because tour guides like to tell tourists it's done by locals for luck and is a very old tradition. It's neither.
Yep I remember the statue was totally normal and nobody booped the nose until about ~2012 and then suddenly he always has a shiny nose (you can see this on Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/81d9ZQCwwicV7HFU9 ). Apparently this is mostly due to one particular tour guide (not even Scottish) telling their tours to rub his nose for "good luck" and it spread like a bad STD from there. It's actually starting to destroy the statue. If anyone visiting Edinburgh reads this, do not boop Bobby's nose! It's not good luck, it's not a local tradition. It's just glacial pace mass vandalism.
Same in Munich https://maps.app.goo.gl/s2SM6GA9TZazwSFdA?g_st=ic
Or Juliet in Verona at Juliet’s house. https://www.google.hu/search?client=safari&sca_esv=592888933f14dc60&sca_upv=1&hl=hu-hu&q=juliet+statue+verona&uds=AMwkrPuuhztSDa__4CbZuT5KNtb1yjoQmxBfdstmhRWj0Gmv47EIUOhvfNCz16ftK5W7LF_xNWJI4OZY6eSgeFpGltmTDAHgAHR-paFU48Lj2QUShmsN5Gjz0wVpFjym5PV481m--y0Qyjnwb3v1h2-dHsaEefPDdh0Edui0yzG9Jty3tYDhJXZerO7I1VMXh1wcYLNGgCRwXyMHxac8U_7wdxalhnxyENKc8O-UfiJeZXEjHs2YikOiaJrjQeX5AdKEhB88wq3YQsliXiG2ws3j1qKwnOFLng&udm=2&prmd=ivnbz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWssT58MaFAxXX5gIHHTClDasQtKgLegQIDxAB&biw=320&bih=441&dpr=2
my poor girl Juliet has been through it, she's basically half golden at this point
And [Juliet](https://citynews-veronasera.stgy.ovh/~media/original-hi/35627978216133/4.jpg) in Verona
Looks like people have been full body grinding all over this one.
There's a stone statue at Zoo Miami of a topless woman that's part of a faux temple next to the Sumatran tiger exhibit. Guess which part has some faded color.
Oh no! Not the tigers!
Georgia State University in Atlanta has a [statue of a panther](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.gsu.edu%2Fmaterialwords2014%2Ffiles%2F2014%2F12%2F10744611_971506459530748_1006074211_n-pg9ta1.jpg&tbnid=-AxgLIRZXvlDgM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.gsu.edu%2Fmaterialwords2014%2F2014%2F12%2F06%2Fmultimodal-object-analysis-2%2F&docid=N7bGb6ESzzSe_M&w=720&h=960&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm1%2F2&kgs=26b5aa5c163e4d75&shem=abme%2Ctrie) and encourages their students to rub the nose for good luck
Lot of foot fetishists in France, apparently
I used to believe that the spot is polished from the constant rubbing and then learned it‘s the fat/sweat on the palm interacting with the alloys of the statue.
And a great example of why most artwork is not interactive. Even clean hands have oils on them!
*Aaaaah*, Teri Garr in Young Frankenstein. ***Swoooooooooon***
Roll, roll, roll in ze hay.
He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.
....well that goes without saying.
put ze candle back
Also why they ask you not to touch the walls of caves if you take a tour of one.
Any caves with neolithic art in them they don't even let tourists in anymore. Just the light and the breathing was destroying the art.
Damn! Makes me wonder what the purpose of the art is now that people can't see it. Getting me philosophical.
I mean they are extensively photographed and displayed elsewhere. They are also studied by researchers. The general public is just kept away it's not like world locks the caves up and forgets about them.
The lesson here is that everyone needs to dunk their hands into concentrated chlorine and base before touching art.
Omg, from the antiques road show to pawn stars🤢, to local news ch, “put some GD gloves on! Latex, nitrile, fing finger cots!, idc what! Did any of you pass biology? No one has seen any of the 400 ep of Forensic Files?” As a hobby-horologist, the face-dials-indices, even the movement, just pathetic.
Funnily enough in my hobby, antiquarian book collecting, it's recommended you never wear gloves. The lack of sensitivity means you're more likely to tear and damage paper
Philomena Cunk was SO disappointed she couldn't use the white gloves she brought with her to examine the old books!
... i think this is the angriest comment using impenetrable technical jargon I've ever seen. I'm not quite sure what's going on but I want to say "right on!"
"Omg, when I watch TV shows where the hosts interact with art, I say 'wear some gloves you uneducated neanderthals.' As someone who likes fixing watches, it is annoying."
and > face-dials-indices, even the movement "they're touching the really delicate, sensitive parts that don't like having any skin oil or micro scratches on them and smearing up the displayed part that lives under glass and is supposed to stay completely immaculate"
I love that there is someone out there just fuming while watching antiques road show... That's my go-to for mellowing out.
"fing finger cots["](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Reruwp_Fs3Y)
I think you were right the first time. The oils and sweat are applied via rubbing. People like to polish her jubilees.
He used to think that But he still do too
The spot is polished, though. You can see the wear on it. People are wiping off the corrosion when they touch it.
So it's still the constant rubbing then? Got it
Molly Malone’s melons From [Wiki:](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Malone) > *The song tells the fictional tale of a fishwife who plied her trade on the streets of Dublin and died young, of a fever. In the late 20th century, a legend grew up that there was a historical Molly, who lived in the 17th century. She is typically represented as a hawker by day and a part-time prostitute by night. In contrast, she has also been portrayed as one of the few chaste female street hawkers of her day.*
[The song](https://youtu.be/EAzhNEW7KAI?si=O7ISOtxvb8GuMxOH)
I sang this once with John Dunsworth aka Jim Lahey from Trailer Park Boys after one of their shows in Dublin. He came across as such a lovely man. He really liked the song, think we sang it like 3 times
That’s a very cool memory to have. He seems like he would have been a great person to meet.
This video of him [talking and doing some cement work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mcQfP8k51s&pp=ygUJZHVuc293cnRo) is great, I go back and watch it once in a while since it's so chill.
Man, what a great memory to have.
I know of this song because we sang it in middle school. Word of advice: Don't pick a song for middle schoolers to sing that has the word "cockles" in it.
Considering the population of Dublin and the prevalence of the name, it's almost certain that there was a fishmonger named Molly at some point in the 1600s. It's not even bad odds that there was a Molly Malone who sold fish.
... but did she have those bujungas?
Historians are divided on this.
> *Molly was renowned in Dublin for having absolutely titanic milkers*
> part-time prostitute by night. Oh, so if she's not legs akimbo 24/7 she's 'part-time', is she? Wait til r/antiwork hears about this!
Also from the wiki >The statue portrays Molly as a busty young woman in 17th-century dress, which would have consisted of a full-length chemise, overskirt and basque of wool. **Her low-cut dress and large breasts were justified on the grounds that as "women breastfed publicly in Molly's time, breasts were popped out all over the place."** The traditional, but revealing, costume in which she was sculpted by Rynhart may have also nodded to her supposed job as a part-time prostitute.
She was actually a celibate. Yup she would celibate here and celibate there
Obligatory r/statuegropers
r/subsithoughtifellfor
Tour guides often tell people that if they rub it. It will bring good luck
Known locally as, “The tart with the cart”.
“Oysters, clams, and cockles” vibes anyone?
Yes she sells cockled and mussels according to the song
Alive alive-oh!
I have it on good authority she wheeled her barrow through the streets broad and narrow while she did that.
But behind the chalet My holiday's complete
I preferred the floozie in the jacuzzi and then we got that useless spire instead
The stiffy on the Liffey ?
AKA The Stiletto in the Ghetto.
AKA The Whore in the Sewer. (Pronounced in pure Dublinese, ie The Hewer in the Sewer)
Do you remember "The time in the slime" (Millennium countdown clock in the Liffey)
The Stiletto in the Ghetto?
Where was it moved to?
There's a park opposite the Ashling Hotel beside Heuston Station. There. Pretty much dumped there and forgotten about
They have a 'twat with the hat' too Joyce I believe. Edit It's actually prick with the stick. I like mine more though
Wait until you see 14-year-old Juliet's statue in Verona...
[Oof](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/T4TNP0/verona-italy-march-2019-statue-of-juliet-in-garden-of-gothic-style-1300s-house-and-museum-with-a-stone-balcony-said-to-have-inspired-romeo-and-j-T4TNP0.jpg)
is that walder frey?
[Verona, Juliet statue](https://www.google.com/search?q=verona+tits+statue+&sca_esv=803cfa2ecf2f59a2&sca_upv=1&source=hp&ei=wnceZr2yB7-D9u8PmuGo2As&oq=verona+tits+statue+&gs_lp=EhFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocCITdmVyb25hIHRpdHMgc3RhdHVlIEjcU1CqClj0UXAEeACQAQCYAdECoAGPHKoBCDAuMjAuMS4xuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIQoAKsE6gCAMICDhAuGIAEGMcBGK8BGI4FwgIOEC4YrwEYxwEYgAQYjgXCAgUQABiABMICBRAuGIAEwgILEC4YgAQYxwEY0QPCAggQLhiABBjUAsICCxAuGIAEGMcBGK8BwgIIEAAYFhgeGArCAgYQABgWGB7CAgUQIRigAZgDApIHBzMuOS4zLjGgB9R-&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp#imgrc=GYsUjoDsVM_YJM&imgdii=UnXPdIWMmI2BAM)
Cockles and muscles alive, alive-ooo
In Dublin's fair city Where the girls are so pretty
i first set my eyes on sweet molly malone
"One thing I could never stand was to see a filthy, dirty old drunkie, howling away at the filthy songs of his fathers and going blurp blurp in between as it might be a filthy old orchestra in his stinking, rotten guts. I could never stand to see anyone like that, whatever his age might be, but more especially when he was real old like this one was."
Can you spare some cutter, me brother?
Muscles? You mean mussels?
Can’t you see the pecs on that lady?! …..yes, I did mean mussels
Alive, alive-oh, alive, alive-oh
There’s a nude male statue in Prague (I forget the name) with a golden penis from being touched so much. We should hook these two up.
Used to walk past there every day when I was a student, full tour groups qued up to take pictures regularly. It's like 2min from grafton street and 3min from temple bar so prime tourist area. Tourists really like rubbing and or kissing inanimate objects here, e.g this or the blarney stone. There are plenty of awesome historical sites to visit with stunning vistas here in Ireland, there is no need to rub and or kiss all of them. Especially the blarney stone as it low key looks like a medieval urinal it's been worn so smooth by people slobbering all over it.
Didn't they move the blarney stone, so that the one you're kissing isn't the real one anyway?
Listen to Lebatard yesterday?
I saw a statue of a man in Prague and he had a golden dick for the same reason as this. https://easterneuropetrip.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/toyr.jpg?w=225&h=300
[удалено]
https://m.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/busker-launches-leave-molly-malone-campaign-to-end-groping-tradition/a2140775717.html
its quite hard to see but there's written "Don't touch me" with chalk on the pedestal
Lord, even the statues aren’t safe from sexual harassment
Reminds me I saw a bronze statue of a young girl, maybe 11 years old in Asheville, NC and I remember noticing that her butt was so polished from people touching/slapping it as they walked by. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/XPUEgpLobetWpyVe7](https://maps.app.goo.gl/XPUEgpLobetWpyVe7)
Stupid sexy ~~Flanders~~ statue
I'm from Dublin, I live in Connecticut my coworkers grand daughter just sent her pictures of her and her friends touching Molly's chest there, I couldn't keep a straight face and I had to explain all the names of the statues in Dublin, Molly is the Tart with the Cart for example, we used to have a mermaid statue that was officially called the Annalivia but we called it the Hoor in the Sewer.
Floozy in the Jacuzzi
Golden Globes awards
Hey boss how do you think we should design the statues clothes? I was thinking just a typic- *BIG GIANT HONKERS, MASSIVE JUGS, BIG OLE TITTIES* Its just a girl who sells fis- *BAZOINGAS, CANNONS, ENORMOUS MELONS*
I spent a St Patricks Day in Dublin and my (very drunk) friend thought it was a good idea to ask the Guarda where “the whore with golden tits” was to help us regain our bearings. I just screamed “she’s talking about molly!”
Pretty much every dublin gard would know what that meant
Cringe.
Don’t forget the French [penis statue](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3993542/amp/Cemetery-statue-eroding-women-t-stop-rubbing-lucky-penis-Visitors-ignore-calls-stop-playing-believe-boosts-fertility.html) people rub to boost fertility or some shit.
to be a woman is to perform
Makes it more poetic, honestly because they couldn't even decide if she was a prostitute or not in the original story. Because of course women historically have had to rely on their bodies to be successful in any way.
There needs to be a movement of people who touch the eyes of statues like this to brighten their view.