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Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment
"Donal" schreef in bericht
... "Scott Vernon" wrote in message ... Did you even read the article that you posted? ''The painted figure on the bow of the ship, a woman with long red hair in a green dress with one breast bared, caused a stir when the ship docked in Jacksonville, Fla., where the ship's publicity staff had to divert a group of schoolchildren so they would not pass by it. '' ''Otherwise, the visits to American ports have gone smoothly.'' Europeans are surprised by the American reaction to a wooden tit. You either react with horror, or you vote it into the office of President! From The Log of the Cutty Sark by Basil Lubbock: (Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1924, reprinted 1974) QUOTE Captain John Willis instructed Hellyer to put forward all his talent and spare no expense in portraying Burn's great poem in carved wood upon bow and stern of the Cutty Sark. Thus Tam o'Shanter on his grey mare "Meg" was to be seen riding along the clipper's quarter whilst the witches in very scanty attire were shown dancing in great abandon behind Nannie on the scroll work of the Cutty's bow. This artistic masterpiece, however, was too much for the well-known mid-Victorian delicacy in such matters and old "White Hat" had the naked witches removed. UNQUOTE Not much has changed since 135 years... ;-) Kindes regards from Holland, Lou van Wijhe AntiSpam: Om me te mailen, plaats een punt tussen "van" en "wijhe" AntiSpam: For mailing me put a full stop between "van" and "wijhe" |
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