John Collins has a posse
By adamg - Wed, 06/28/2006 - 10:15am.
The giant homage to former mayor John Collins is a cool image in a creepy sort of way. The panels move in the wind, making it kind of shimmery, but he's huge and looks down at us like a smiling Big Brother from the Ministry of Peace, um, City Hall.
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Reminiscent of...
This reminds me of the Andre the Giant stencils sprayed all over the city on anything that wasn't moving. Maybe Syms can figure out a way to tag it!
Collins is saying "You're welcome for Government Center"
Wait'll you see the animatronic Honey Fitz they're planning on putting up in Faneuil Hall. It'll sing Sweet Adeline every hour on the half hour!
Sweet Adeline
Noooo! Because then somebody will get the bright idea to have the Wally the Monster Cow sing "Sweet Caroline" and the Honey Fitz people will ratchet up their sound to drown out the cow, only the Cow people will turn their volume up to 11 and before you know it, Quincy Market (and when did it become Faneuil Hall Marketplace, anyway?) will become unvisitable.
While Martha (or whatever her name was) was taking a picture of hubby, a juggler in front of the marketplace razzed her: "What are you taking a picture of that for? It's just a cow!" No, sir, it's not just a cow. It's Wally the Monster Cow!
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>"Sweet Caroline"
BUM BUM BUM
Good lord!
I didn't think there would be a cow more disturbing than the "Mooflower" in South Station (the hybrid ship-cow's wearing breech pants and buckle shoes, for crying out loud) but that Wally face on a cow's body is just REALLY WRONG.
Wallytaur!
No one gets out of the Quincymaze alive (at least, not without a receipt from one of its many fine stores and restaurants)!
Freedom!
I used the string around my Mike's Pastry box to find my way back out!
God, I hate those freaking
God, I hate those freaking cows.
Why?
Collins
A Bostonian version of the DPRK's ubiquitous Dear Leader. At least he's only in one place.