A Face Only a Block of Cement Could Love

A few months ago, as you may recall, I made a purchase of several pieces of garden statuary.

It was one of those deals where I paid one price for several items, some of which I wouldn’t necessarily have purchased separately.

One item in particular, how shall I put this, ummm, sort of creeped me out.

It is a statue of a naked boy holding some sort of a vessel at an angle, presumably pouring something out of it. I believe it was a part of a fountain. It wasn’t the fact that the kid was naked or anything like that. It was just that this cement kid had a face only his cement mother would love.

So I had this scary cement kid and a base that he sat on quite nicely—so—what to do?

I told my husband to help me place him in a part of the yard against the fence where not a lot of people go. I asked that he be placed in the middle of some vinca so it would grow around the statue and cover at least part of it.

My husband was also creeped out by the statue and took my instructions at bit farther.

Stumble It!

Comments

[binell@earthlink.net]

Creepy.

[chigiy]

Ha! you're funny.

[Markene Smith]

He appears to be peeping through a knothole in the fence. Are neighbors on the other side? And--this may be a delicate question--what is he doing with his hands?

[Jacqueline]

Pervs! (lol)

[chigiy]

Markene,
You are giving me ideas. I think I'm going to drill a hole in the fence just to freak my neighbor out. The hands question is a good one given the peeping suggestion, however, he is just pouring something out of this urn thing. I think he used to be part of a fountain.

[chigiy]

Jacqueline,
You are giving me ideas too. We should make this creepy statue one of those joke gifts that just keeps showing up around the neighborhood and freaking people out. HA!

[Katie]

I would have smashed it! Yay break smash bang!

[Markene Smith]

He might look nice turned sideways, to display his cute, chubby profile.

[chigiy]

Katie,
I think if I tried to smash creepy boy, he would have made a hole in my driveway.
He was in my driveway for a long time with a bag over his head, like the unknown statue, but my husband took the bag off:(

Markene,
I tried the profile thing—still creepy.

[markenesmith@gmail.com]

That IS a nice pedestal. Would it be possible to turn the cherubic lad around, so he's not mooning us? And—to make a new focal point— fill his urn with vinca?

[chigiy]

Markene, any focal point would be overshadowed by his freakily creepy face.
If I turned him around I think I would have to go with the bag idea again.

As it is, his naked butt makes me laugh.

[Dee @ Red Dirt Ramblings]

Oh, you are so funny. I think his butt is kinda creepy too.~~Dee

[chigiy]

Dee,
It was the lesser of two evils.

[Candy Suter]

I'd like to see this creepy face! But it booty is kind of cute! I agree with drilling a hole in the fence. So funny!

[Vickie]

LOL - maybe you could stain him a darker color so he would blend away.

[donna]

I think he looks perfect just the way he is. His tush is cute.

donna

[binell@earthlink.net]

Waste of a lovely pedestal.

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