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The trefoil ballustrades

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Hunter F. Thompson

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...on St Peters' Square

Posted 3 years ago #
Hunter F. Thompson

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....good for a laugh. An heroic statue which graces the landmark church on Montmartre portrays the last pagan martyr, who refused - in 834 - to kneel at the procession of the cross. Ho ho.

Posted 3 years ago #
rikkor

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Look for this on Snopes.com soon.

Posted 3 years ago #
AdrianJ

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It's actually a deliberate design feature on Westminster Bridge, installed to help the pricks find their way back to The Palace of Westminster.

Posted 3 years ago #
rikkor

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Oh, "balustrade" has only one "l".

Posted 3 years ago #
AdrianJ

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Surely not if it were meant to be a puntastic ballustrades?

Posted 3 years ago #
Hunter F. Thompson

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Quite so, Mr J. Thank you. @Twas intended as a literary snipe at complaints on the dearth of knob jokes.

Posted 3 years ago #
rikkor

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You're right. My insane love of catching people in misspellings blinded me to the ballsy humo(u)r.

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