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If you do, or know someone who does, could you tell me what the devil this is?

Subway Gnome

Thanks. I would sure appreciate it.

just a guess...

Date: 2001-06-05 05:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shoo.livejournal.com
a vienna sausage? hehehehehe

Re: just a guess...

Date: 2001-06-05 05:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
Hey, not a bad guess, at that!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daizee.livejournal.com
i dunno.
but it sure is sexy

:D

Re:

Date: 2001-06-05 05:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
You've been at the icy-hot again, haven't you?

Date: 2001-06-05 05:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daizee.livejournal.com
hahahaha!!!!
that was funny!


{how did ya guess??}

Re:

Date: 2001-06-05 05:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I could smell the minty freshness!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daizee.livejournal.com
nothing like the fresh smell of icy-hot to get you ready for the day.

Re:

Date: 2001-06-05 05:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
like fresh coffee for the nipples!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daizee.livejournal.com
ha!

you're so sillie mr. el_oso!!

Re:

Date: 2001-06-05 05:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
unt choo arr ca-rrrrrrrrrrrrrraizee miz day-z!

Date: 2001-06-05 06:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daizee.livejournal.com
btw: i never told ya how much i like your eyes in that icon.

it's tres coolio!

cool eyes

Date: 2001-06-05 06:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
thank you! I've been having fun with the paint proggy.

Re: cool eyes

Date: 2001-06-05 06:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daizee.livejournal.com
ack!
that's scarying me!!

Re: cool eyes

Date: 2001-06-05 06:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
Sorry... didn't mean to be a scaryman.

Re: cool eyes

Date: 2001-06-05 06:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daizee.livejournal.com
oh no!
i'm seeing double.


now where are my darn glasses?

Re: cool eyes

Date: 2001-06-05 06:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
as long as you're not wearing beer goggles this early. :)

freaky!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-sanssouci422.livejournal.com
I'll ask Dalibor for you, if you like.

Re: freaky!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
please do! :) Any enlightenment would be welcome. :)

Re: freaky!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-sanssouci422.livejournal.com
Consider it done. Now I'm dying to know what it is too. Perhaps their version of Brussels' Mannekin Pis?

Re: freaky!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
http://www.usrf.org/pisser.gif

Just so I can have an image of it in the entry. :)

at least the gnome has a tie!

Re: freaky!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-sanssouci422.livejournal.com
HAHAHAHA! You work fast, El Oso. ;-)

Which reminds me - what the heck does El Oso mean?

Re: freaky!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
El Oso is Spanish for 'The Bear'.


(What my darling calls me. :) )

Re: freaky!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-sanssouci422.livejournal.com
How cute! I call my husband "bear" too. :)

Re: freaky!

Date: 2001-06-05 06:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com

Aww!! What does he call you? Honey? :)

Re: freaky!

Date: 2001-06-05 08:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
Bunny and Bear... AwwWww!

Re: freaky!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nomi.livejournal.com
I've seen that in person, it's.. interesting.

AS for the Vienna Sausage Dog, I'm going to have nightmares. :)

Re: freaky!

Date: 2001-06-05 05:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com

I keep thinking the dog will smell like little weiners.

Pleasant dreams!

Date: 2001-06-05 06:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-sanssouci422.livejournal.com
Our man in Vienna to the rescue. Dalibor says that he is a mascot for a brand of local cigarettes called Casablancas that no one really smokes, his name is Hudriwudri, and he sits atop huge ashtrays in the Viennese subway system. He was designed by Manfred Deix, "the world's greatest Beach Boy fan, owner of 30+ cats, and caustic cartoonist, especially fond of drawing grotesquely overweight Austrians, preferably in the buff".

:)

Re:

Date: 2001-06-05 08:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
hooray! thank you!!! :)

About Manfred D.

Date: 2001-06-05 09:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dalibor.livejournal.com
I have to correct myself in a minor point, though - apparently, "Hudriwudri" DOES mean something (http://www.aha.at/dialekt.htm) (there's another vintage Deix on top of that page)... didn't know that dialect word myself.

I found some of his political cartoons in this local weekly's cartoon section (http://www.profil.at/export/profil/frame.php3?url=http://www.profil.at/cgi-bin/entertainment/cartoons/cartoon.pl) (just type in "Deix"), but it's mostly about local affairs... except for the Clinton - Lewinsky brouhaha (http://www.zing.com/picture/p209df155dc4997835a4ea19d9dea8090/fe6defb0.jpg.orig.jpg) - can't wait what he does to Bush ;-)

Here's another classic - after lingerie producer Palmers (http://www.palmers.at) brought out their classic pantyhose ad, causing traffic jams here, thefts in Germany, and bans in the US, Deix wondered what the that poster (also available as a mousepad in their shop, btw) would look like if they had used average guys as models *lol

So here's the original...

Image


and the Deix version:

Image

Re: About Manfred D.

Date: 2001-06-05 09:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dalibor.livejournal.com
Just noticed that the Hudriwudri in question is located at the Westbahnhof subway station - there's this huge modernist frieze depicting the various stages of the world's creation (the last phase is a huge metal ball... thank you, Stanley ;-). The City Transport Authorities are fond of calling that particular subway line (U3) the "Arts Line"... I'm sure they didn't think that Hudri would get all the tourists' attention *lol

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