this new statue of brunel has kicked up a bit of a fuss as it comes without the trademarked brunel cigar (he was a 40 cigars a day man). some say it is political corectness gone mad (apparently a children's history book has airbrushed a picture of brunel to remove the cigar).
i have to say i am with the sculptor here. in real life a cigar may be the epitome of sexy, but on a brass statue i have the feeling it'll look a little like he is smoking a turd. though the sculptor, mr stones (you couldn't make it up..) puts it slighty better than i do:
"it was a purely asthetic decision, as it looked fine on the small scale models but strange on the full size statue."
like i say it would have looked like a turd.
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