Just for fun post a non-porn pic.

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Kind of confusing for a minute till I found out it wasn't a bench but a work of art by conceptual artist Jenny Holzer entitled "Under a Rock".

 

[skywalker6]

This pic has always fascinated me...

 

[buzzj]

Railway traffic lights are covered in snow in Puente de los Fierros, in the northern Spanish region of Asturias

Snow rests on a statue in Parliament Square

The statue of a lion is covered in snow in Trafalgar Square, London

Snow clings to a horse as it grazes in fields near Thamesmead, London

 

[alister9669]

The statue of a lion is covered in snow in Trafalgar Square, London

That picture looks cool. It actually makes the lion seem more real for some reason. I'd love to visit London.

 

[wit_afrika]

Jesus College, Cambridge

The College was founded in 1496, and it originally consisted of buildings taken over from the nunnery of St Mary and St Radegund.

Dec 2006

 

[buzzj]

Jesus College, Cambridge

The College was founded in 1496, and it originally consisted of buildings taken over from the nunnery of St Mary and St Radegund.

Dec 2006

Great pictures! Somehow the topiaries strike me as "un-British"! Not the sort of thing I'd have expected to see in Cambridge--- which I think of as one of the capitols of tradition!

 

[buzzj]

This door in my home town leads into a building that is being razed.

 

[wit_afrika]

African rise...

 

[dynk]

Would you vote for this?

 

[buzzj]

India's Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2007

 

[just_mills]

Beginning of the night in one street of Amsterdam's Red Light District:

The Palace, in Dam Square:

The giant Monumental Penis in Dam Square:

Castle-shaped Restaurant, near somewhere :

 

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Castle-shaped Restaurant, near somewhere :

LOL Next to Chinatown and the red light district.
I found out a bit more about the building.

The Waag (weigh house) was originally built in 1488 as one of Amsterdam's city gates, St Anthony's Port. A stone incorporated in the tower facing Zeedijk recalls the date in an inscription: In MCCCCLXXXVIII [1488] on the XXVII [27th] day of April the first stone of this port was laid.

St Anthony's Port was one of Amsterdam's three main gates. The others were Reguliers Port, the bottom of which forms the base of Mint Tower, and the old Haarlemmer Port, which no longer exists.

In 1601 the city's walls were torn down to allow Amsterdam to expand further. St Anthony's Port remained standing, although it was now redundant. On either side, part of the canals were filled in to create a square: St Anthony's Market - since renamed Nieuwmarkt. In 1617 the former city gate was provided with a new function: that of weigh house. Some of the arrowloops were widened to form windows, giving the building a more open character.

http://www.indewaag.nl/?Building
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waag

 

[just_mills]

I -knew- that. I just didn't want to make you look silly.

 

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Wait a minute! I fell for that one big time

 

[buzzj]

A labourer works with heated metal at a steel and iron factory in Changzhi, China

A miner at a coal mine on the outskirts of Changzhi, China

A labourer clears his eyes of dust at a brickyard in the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

[buzzj]

Recruits at a military base in Beijing are lined up with the aid of wooden crosses

Orthodox priests offers prayers during an Epiphany ceremony at the Ishim river in Astana, Kazakhstan

 

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Amsterdam Historic Museum. Wooden carvings made in 1650 of David and Goliath by Albert Janszoon Vinckenbrink.
Originally part of the Pleasure Gardens "The Maze" in Amsterdam that was known for a wide variety of sculptural work, fountains and arbours. Seems that Goliath can do more than just stand there looking tall, he can also roll his eyes
Way to go Big Boy!

 

[buzzj]

Parishioners wearing masks dance during a feast honouring Saint Sebastian, in Diriamba, Nicaragua

Dancers celebrate Saint Sebastian day in the city of Aldan, northern Spain

 

[just_mills]

Ladybird Love:

 

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Amsterdam, the Royal Palace at Dam Square