Statues in dublin windows...???

hdunne

have to say this is so funny, talk about nothing better to do with a digital camera!! :pac:

arybvtcw0eolkf

Not a statue in a window, but a gastly Skangermobile in Portmarnock...

Nothing say's 'LOOK, I'M A WANKER' like this....



Most likely his mother (note I didn't say 'parents') has stautes in her window's too.

humberklog

humberklog

Okaaaay. hmmm. Maybe not so big next time.

Dyr

Mairt wrote: »

Not a statue in a window, but a gastly Skangermobile in Portmarnock...

Nothing say's 'LOOK, I'M A WANKER' like this....



Most likely his mother (note I didn't say 'parents') has stautes in her window's too.

wheres his front plate?

Hagar

Bambi wrote: »

wheres his front plate?

He doesn't need one, sure everyone knows that's Anto's car.

xzanti

^ Lmfao :d

smiles

Anyone know about these statues??
http://www.todayfm.com/article.asp?id=373929

Just moved to Dub and they're everywhere!

What's it about?

mikemac

The same reason many council houses have those Roman pillars, to look classy
It's up to you to decide if it works or not

nocal

First heard of these a few months back when my little brother was trying to tell me that they were in the windows of houses that were fronting for knocking shops in his estate. These premises were all supposed to be run by some of the more recent arrivals in this country. This smacks of urban myth to me.

TeletextPear

nocal wrote: »

First heard of these a few months back when my little brother was trying to tell me that they were in the windows of houses that were fronting for knocking shops in his estate. These premises were all supposed to be run by some of the more recent arrivals in this country. This smacks of urban myth to me.

jaysus i hope that's a myth, or else the old woman down the road from me is running a knockin shop! :eek:

gazzer

Its council chic. My parents live in a council estate in D7 and there are house windows full of the statues and nearly as many with the roman pillars. At this point I would like to add that my parents have neither.. though they are partial to having dublin flags and buntins out on match day.

arybvtcw0eolkf

gazzer wrote: »

Its council chic. My parents live in a council estate in D7 and there are house windows full of the statues and nearly as many with the roman pillars. At this point I would like to add that my parents have neither.. though they are partial to having dublin flags and buntins out on match day.

Does mammy wear a sovereign ring too?.

gazzer

Does mammy wear a sovereign ring too?.

Elizabeth Duke all the way

euph

Mairt, next time you're around Dublin 8, go down Bridgefoot street (from thomas st/james st towards the quays).

There are some newish apartments and one of them is a real treat to behold. A veritable menagerie of porcelain animals, gnomes, wheelbarrows and if i recall pillars (on an apartment). If you walk past at night they have a beautiful whiter-than-white living room.

On Bridgefoot Street, corner furthest from Thomas St.

Treat us with a picture

(PS: You'll also see plenty of the white ladies across the road in Oliver Bond)

Sundew

Why don't we have a competition to see who can spot the most statues in one house!!! :D:D

I'm pretty sure I've passed a house with 5 of these white ladies in the window;)

arse..biscuits

Sundew wrote: »

Why don't we have a competition to see who can spot the most statues in one house!!! :D:D

I'm pretty sure I've passed a house with 5 of these white ladies in the window;)

Sounds like fun. I know of a house with about 6 or 7. Not sure if I can get them all in one pic though as the house is on a corner with statues on 2 sides. I'll try get a photo tomorrow

Wishbone Ash

There is (used to be) a heap of them in one of the flats on Greek Street.

arybvtcw0eolkf

euph wrote: »

Mairt, next time you're around Dublin 8, go down Bridgefoot street (from thomas st/james st towards the quays).

There are some newish apartments and one of them is a real treat to behold. A veritable menagerie of porcelain animals, gnomes, wheelbarrows and if i recall pillars (on an apartment). If you walk past at night they have a beautiful whiter-than-white living room.

On Bridgefoot Street, corner furthest from Thomas St.

Treat us with a picture

(PS: You'll also see plenty of the white ladies across the road in Oliver Bond)

I know it well.

Are you from Bridgefoot St?.

vektarman

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

There is (used to be) a heap of them in one of the flats on Greek Street.

Were they Greek statues?

vektarman

Mairt wrote: »

Took a photo of this monsterosity in Finglas south this evening, it has it all - AND MORE!..

Statues in every window, roman pillars and whatever 'da fook those coloured bricks are called!..

Jeez what's the story with the horrible looking decoration thingy on the facias, it's like something from a scary fairytale story.

Rashers

vektarman wrote: »

Jeez what's the story with the horrible looking decoration thingy on the facias, it's like something from a scary fairytale story.

The ground floor part is made of licorice allsorts and marshmallows.

arse..biscuits

Here's the front of the house with 5 statues


And here's the side with 4.
5+4=9
Beat that.
(Didn't realise the lamp post was in the way till I got home)

Sundew

JAYSUS!!!

Gaspode

nocal wrote: »

First heard of these a few months back when my little brother was trying to tell me that they were in the windows of houses that were fronting for knocking shops in his estate. These premises were all supposed to be run by some of the more recent arrivals in this country. This smacks of urban myth to me.

arse..biscuits wrote: »

Here's the front of the house with 5 statues
And here's the side with 4.
5+4=9
Beat that.

That's a busy knocking shop then!!!

Curlypinkie

Love the thread!
When I moved to Dublin almost 4 years ago I was living with my sister in Ashtown, D15 but not really as you know.

On the bus route 120 in from town we once counted what we then called "The Cabra Lady"
She sat on the left side of the bus and me on the right side.

There were 34 of them little buggers along the bus route.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Curlypinkie wrote: »

Love the thread!
When I moved to Dublin almost 4 years ago I was living with my sister in Ashtown, D15 but not really as you know.

On the bus route 120 in from town we once counted what we then called "The Cabra Lady"
She sat on the left side of the bus and me on the right side.

There were 34 of them little buggers along the bus route.

I thought Ashtown was D7?.

I've the camera in the car this weekend, so expect a few more statue pix in the next few days.

Gaspode

Curlypinkie wrote: »

Love the thread!
When I moved to Dublin almost 4 years ago I was living with my sister in Ashtown, D15 but not really as you know.

On the bus route 120 in from town we once counted what we then called "The Cabra Lady"
She sat on the left side of the bus and me on the right side.

There were 34 of them little buggers along the bus route.

Agreed, the 120 route must give the highest Gstatue count per journey of any bus route in dublin!

Hagar

Do culchies put statues in their windows ?
The Child of Prague for instance?
Or maybe a scale model of a Massey Ferguson 135? Or just a photocopy of a grant cheque?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Hagar wrote: »

Do culchies put statues in their windows ?
The Child of Prague for instance?
Or maybe a scale model of a Massey Ferguson 135? Or just a photocopy of a grant cheque?

This is what a culchie puts in their window...