Australian city spends $170,000 on... this

[Blunderboy]

Well, I believe I'll let a certain cartoon cat display my sentiments.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Don't the fins (wings?) kind of look like a bundle of giant, hanging boobies?

Well. Worse things have been bought. I just cannot name any other ones.

thought the same thing, having 8 big ass boobie pepperoni nipples staring down upon us humans...

why not sharks, with frickin lazer beams attached to their heads? hmm?

 

[okyes]

i would like to ride around in that whale with utters

 

[A Weakgeek]

I think the real question is: If a 8-titty-inflatable-flying-whale attacks you, is it ok for a human to do self defence?

 

[Gigano]

Can you pull in the leviathan with a fishhook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Will he keep begging you for mercy? Will he speak to you with gentle words?
Will he make an agreement with you for you to take him as your slave for life?
Can you make a pet of him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls?
Will traders barter for him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?
Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
Any hope of subduing him is false; the mere sight of him is overpowering.
No-one is fierce enough to rouse him. Who then is able to stand against me?
Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.

Money well spent.

 

[madster11]

Budget cuts and tax increases, so that we can afford a flying tit'd retard-whale.

Funny, didn't think it'd cost $170k to stick a helium hose up Julia's arse.

 

[TrulyBritish]

Am I the only one thinking that (Ugh... really not sure what to call it) Skywhale looks like it could be a wise yoda-esque mentor in a cartoon? You know, maybe when made a bit smaller.
I can imagine it making so many comments about the winds of the nights sky and the secrets of the depths of sea...

 

[irequirefood]

Yeah I'm from Canberra. A friend told me about this last night and I thought they were taking the piss. NOPE.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Well after a quick google search for the creator Patricia Piccinini I found some of her other works.

Spoiler: Warning sheer WTF inside

Spoiler

The second piece isn't that bad but I stumbled across the first a year back and thought it was from some weird fetish site.

Also: I for one welcome our Giant Titty Whale Overlord.

I also hope it never ever goes across the Tasman.


Captcha: fools gold

This woman has issues. Deep-seated psychological issues.

You guys may think of this as a waste of money, but just take a look at the kind of crap our politicians get up to over here in America. I think you'll find that this is preferable.

Thankfully I live in New Zealand so I didn't pay for the tittywhale. but some kiwi expats probably did, serves them right. I wonder what they think of it?

 

[tahrey]

OH THE HUGE MANATEE!

That's no whale, that's surely some kind of sea-cow/hippopotamus/milk-sow hybrid...

 

[FoolKiller]

That's alright, that's really not a lot of money when you compare it to the city of Ballard Washington which is about to spend 3 Million dollars on a park that's 29 feet wide and the length of a city block.

Are the blades of grass going to be coated in gold?

 

[someonehairy-ish]

I like how the justification she (ie the artist) has for putting giant tits on it is because whales are mammals and breastfeed their young. ERMM. Camels are mammals. So are mooses and badgers and fucking bats. You'll notice that none of them have giant tits. Not only that, but this thing is meant to fucking fly. You'll notice that giant boobs are not aerodynamic, and there's a reason why women with large breasts get back problems - they actually weigh quite a lot. So from an evolutionary perspective this makes no fucking sense.

If her idea was to make something that looked like it had evolved from the same ancestor as a whale but to live in the sky instead, she could have at least got it right.

 

[Xisin]

Don't the fins (wings?) kind of look like a bundle of giant, hanging boobies?

Well. Worse things have been bought. I just cannot name any other ones.

Thank you! I thought the same, or perhaps really bad pustules? But hey $170,000 for that. I'm in the wrong business.

 

[martyrdrebel27]

Not pictured: the flower pot falling nearby thinking "not again..."

 

[Froggy Slayer]

Iä! Shub-Niggurath! The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young!

This is terrifying.

 

[Weaver]

You know what? I kind of like it! I wish our government would spend money on tit whales instead of continuously ruining things.

 

[Bernzz]

DEPLOY THE SKYBOOB

Personally, I think this is fucking retarded, but whatever, each to their own. Waste of money though, in my opinion.

 

[Zhukov]

Actually, I kinda like it.

Although, no, if I had $170,000 I would not buy one.

Didn't notice the breast-wing thing until I read comments. Now I can't un-see it.