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

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Remember guys! TRUE ART IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE!!!!

Had a feeling the "True Art" phrase would pop up somewhere.

If you spend idle time at work browsing TVTropes, it's inevitable.

 

[mitchell271]

So they made the Wind Fish from Link's Awakening? Yes, that makes perfect sense Canberra government.

 

[mooncalf]

I knew it! This reminded me of Patricia Piccinini when I first saw it. The exhibition of her art which I saw in Adelaide was amazing, so many uncanny creations. Eh considering what it could be spent on... I dunno I'm glad weird stuff exists for us to talk about. :3

 

[stabnex]

Canberra, hear me out. Instead of blowing $170,000 on a new concept of a hot air balloon, why not rent one of the millions of themed, previously existing, ones and send all the extra money to me! So I can spend it on bling of skywhales

 

[Aaron Sylvester]

Must...resist...urge...to...meme-fy....GAH, I can't! Especially since I'm from NZ, you Aussies may make fun of our Maori designs but then you go and make something like that

 

[cojo965]

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.

My god they totally do lol.

 

[Psykoma]

I can't top that in sheer wtf-ness, because it's pretty awesome in that respect.

But for the simple sake of wasting money to produce nothing of value, maybe.
The city of Montreal a few years ago wanted to come up with a new informal logo/symbol for the city.

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That's what they came up with.
Cost of the design: $487,000. As far as I know that's not even including the cost of actually installing that thing anywhere. 487K just for the design of it...

 

[FreakofNatur]

Looks like someone tapped 4 blue mana and summoned a blue creature.

Needless to say the summoning was botched.

 

[teqrevisited]

What the flying fuck. Literally.

I'd love to have been there in the meeting when the artist showed their concept to the guys paying for it to see, for myself, the moment at which they genuinely thought this was a good idea.

It's not even something cool like a RoboCop statue. It's just a thing.

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

Looks like someone tapped 4 blue mana and summoned a blue creature.

Needless to say the summoning was botched.

Nay! 'Twas two green and two blue mana for an Assault Zeppelid!

Run for your lives! It's a 3/3 with flying and trample for only four mana!

 

[Cheesus Crust]

Remember guys! TRUE ART IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE!!!!

Had a feeling the "True Art" phrase would pop up somewhere.

If you spend idle time at work browsing TVTropes, it's inevitable.

I'm an at home freelance writer. There are instances when my entire day is idle.

The time spent reading and laughing at this post is an example.

Nice seeing someone who appreciates tropes like I do around here.