Multiple postings I've seen floating around in the aether about the statue of Jesus that got flamed (and two big thumbs-up to mother nature for that one) remind me of another towering monstrosity I've seen in my past.
It was way back in my Days in South Carolina (a pretty horrible experience by any measure). I remember I was driving up some highway, don't remember which one anymore. And I think it had something to do with the lighting, and the line of sight I had from my car to the water tower, and also the direction of my approach.
And I remember as I saw this object looming over the tree tops, thinking: "good lord, is that a giant ... ass?" and then "what on earth is that THING? it's either a very small penis, or a rather large clit." I know that sounds vulgar, but I'm telling you, that water tower was not pretty. Who on earth constructs a ginormous water tower that looks like that? How on earth did they get away with it in the puritanical south?
Well, that thinking all happened - at highway speed - in the space of a second. For as I passed the water tower by, I could see as I craned by head around to look again, that it was in fact a giant peach. A giant peach that at the right angle of approach - that could have been altered every so slightly in its construction but I guess no one noticed - looked like a GIANT ASS. Or maybe the powers that were did notice, and had something of a sense of humor. It's hard to say.
I was scrolling online looking for just the right picture of it yesterday, and didn't find one that really captured that experience I had in the car that morning. I did read as I poked around that the tower has been repainted from its original flesh color to more closely resemble a peach. And that a big leaf has been added to it, to further increase the perception that it is supposed to token a piece of fruit and not a part of human anatomy(?). I guess that's a good thing.
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