Here's a bit of weirdness I saw on Friday but didn't have time to blog - a Botticelli-inspired monument to the enema:
A health spa in Russia has unveiled a bronze monument of three cherubs carrying an enema, a design inspired by the 15th century Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. (source)
What do you think? What other potentially embarassing medical procedures deserve their own tributes in bronze? (Endoscopy, you may be next. . .)
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A large, pink jumping mattress, where you can jump in search for hidden lumps. Optionally with a nipple in the middle.
"Now cough!"
"...where you can jump in search for hidden lumps."
Potentially hilarious moment:
"Hey, crutches boy, what happened to your ankle?"
"Breast cancer."
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I hope for those cherub's sake that the enema hasn't been used yet.