APW: Brass Fountain (570 hits)
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (View user info) at 2007-03-28 10:08:56 EDT
My dad took this photo at a lawn and garden show back home. Some local artist (I don't know who) constructed this water fountain completely out of brass instruments, and I think that's pretty damn cool.
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Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-03-29 06:20:51 EDT (#)
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How did it sound??
Submitted by particle_man58 (user info) at 2007-03-29 06:08:39 EDT (#)
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I bet its a bitch to clean.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-03-28 16:09:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:40:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:37:52 EDT (#)
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Sometimes art isnt art
sometimes art is just a bunch of crap
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-03-28 15:37:51 EDT (#)
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thats gotta be a bitch to clean
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2007-03-28 14:10:22 EDT (#)
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Does that fountain spray forth the blood of our enemies like a river?
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2007-03-28 13:44:56 EDT (#)
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Neato.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:40:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:37:52 EDT (#)
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Sometimes art isnt art
sometimes art is just a bunch of crap
Submitted by Dexter-Brown (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:37:04 EDT (#)
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cool
Submitted by Draco (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:13:14 EDT (#)
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Meh
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:00:22 EDT (#)
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Sadly I have no imagination and as such would love this more if it had water comming out of it.
Then I think about my lack of talent in anything remotely artistic and realise that this guy has talent; I don't know what for, but it is talent.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:43:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:14:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:12:22 EDT (#)
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+2 APW
-1 no attempt at creativity AT ALL.
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I know. But it is still rather unusual, and as such, I thought it was worth a solid zero.
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Well me, I'm a giver.
Plus you made me laugh.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:37:52 EDT (#)
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Sometimes art isnt art
sometimes art is just a bunch of crap
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:35:46 EDT (#)
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apw = +2
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:35:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:32:35 EDT (#)
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That is very cool indeed.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:25:53 EDT (#)
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In retrospect, I should have captioned this post "APW: Rusty Trombone".
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:18:19 EDT (#)
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Man, people in Middle America need to get some muhfuggin' HOBBIES.
Submitted by professorfuckface (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:18:07 EDT (#)
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werd up I'm gay
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:16:39 EDT (#)
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I was born in Illinois, and I'm in a good mood. Manly-like...with the beard and all.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:15:35 EDT (#)
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Tuba steak fresh at 11AM don't be late.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:14:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:12:22 EDT (#)
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+2 APW
-1 no attempt at creativity AT ALL.
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I know. But it is still rather unusual, and as such, I thought it was worth a solid zero.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:13:25 EDT (#)
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Local to back home. Quad Cities area of Illinois-Iowa. The lawn/garden show was in Rock Island, I think, but that may or may not have been the artist's home town, since there are about six or seven major towns/cities in the QC.
Submitted by Void_Where_Prohibited (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:12:36 EDT (#)
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Interesting. I think I found the water stream on the left side of the fountain (looking at pic). Would have been cooler if the water was coming out of the top and falling down over the sides. If it is, excuse me while I go find my glasses and when I come back I will +2 this.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:12:22 EDT (#)
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+2 APW
-1 no attempt at creativity AT ALL.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:11:33 EDT (#)
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local to where?