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indytravel Nov 10th, 2005 12:29 PM

I forget one. When in Jackson, Mississippi they had catfish.

tuscanlifeedit Nov 10th, 2005 12:50 PM

Curt

We leave for AZ on Saturday morning.

ms_go Nov 10th, 2005 01:03 PM

I saw cows all over Warsaw a few months ago:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...09298349TkUkqQ

Chicago had the cows in '99.

sallyjane3 Nov 10th, 2005 03:35 PM

Not long after 9/11, NY City had German Shepherds, in honor of the K-9 Rescuers...

LTR Nov 10th, 2005 04:34 PM

Hameln has rats.....hmmm that makes sense.


Worktowander Nov 10th, 2005 10:19 PM

Minneapolis-St. Paul had several years of various Peanuts characters (Charles Schulz's birthplace)

cova Nov 11th, 2005 12:17 AM

We had cows in Bilbao in 2001, a couple of years later we had doves (both in the ground and flying) ... and who can forget the Berlin bears?

The cows were painted by local artists, the doves were painted by kids and then given to their schools.

http://canales.elcorreodigital.com/e...cas/Index.html
http://www.pbase.com/image/41860799

The Berlin bears ... there was a bit of everything, from bears sponsored by local shops (one of them, located in front of the Museum of Cinema in Postdamer Platz, had the face of Marlene Dietrich) to a circle of bears representing all the countries in the world and painted by artists from those countries. They were located near the Brandenburg Gate, I believe in the place where the US embassy was going to built ...

http://www.galenfrysinger.com/berlin_street_bears.htm
http://www.united-buddy-bears.com/

Rgds, Cova

LadyOLeisure Nov 11th, 2005 05:02 AM

One of my friends lived in Cincinnati during the Pig Exhibit. Her husband bought her one after it was all completed. It is quite the conversation piece in her Boca Raton house!

kakalena Nov 11th, 2005 06:11 AM

I saw the cows in Florence. I thought the idea was clever when they first did it in Chicago but I think I've seen enough cows and other spin-offs now.

Margaretlb Nov 11th, 2005 10:41 AM

I thought they were stupid here in NYC and I'm sorry to hear that they'll be in Florence when I arrive there next Saturday. Who ever came up with this dopey idea, anyway? Must be those folks who've designed all that cow "home(ly) decor". yeech.

SFImporter Nov 11th, 2005 10:55 AM

I believe we had cows once in San Francisco - and then someone came up with the bright idea a few years later to have hearts (since you've all left your hearts here!)

indytravel Nov 11th, 2005 12:02 PM

LadyOLeisure that's a hoot! (Love the name too.)

It must be fun for them to explain exactly what's going on. By the time they get to the part where the flying pigs pull Santa's sleigh the guests must be shaking their heads. :-)

PalenqueBob Nov 11th, 2005 12:29 PM

In Detroit we have statues of pit bulls!


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