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Do You Aspire to be an Eminent Person?

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Jalima1108 Tue 18-Sept-18 22:49:40

'Plop'
There goes another pigeon

MissAdventure Tue 18-Sept-18 22:49:19

Did you forget the aitch, jalima? smile

MissAdventure Tue 18-Sept-18 22:48:07

Oh no! Not for me.
I don't even like my photo taken.

Jalima1108 Tue 18-Sept-18 22:33:06

"Oh, there she is" said the pigeon

I'll sit on her head.

Nanna58 Tue 18-Sept-18 22:31:45

My family always accuse me of being hyperactive, saying I should stop rushing around, so I expect they woulld like a statue of me recumbent, with the inscription ‘ Still at last!!’

M0nica Tue 18-Sept-18 21:30:25

I would give them a sweet smile and decline the offer firmly. I have no desire to see myself on a plinth, regardless of pose.

Jalima1108 Tue 18-Sept-18 11:20:12

Sitting with a small child next to me, reading a book together.
'Story Book Granny'

Or falling off the zipwire
'She Had a Go'

henetha Tue 18-Sept-18 10:24:35

I'd like my statue to stand in a swing park because I seem to have spent a vast amount of time pushing various children on swings in various swing parks over the years. So I'd like to be depicted as a sort of female body builder with muscled arms, and the inscription to read " She pushed well".

Auntieflo Tue 18-Sept-18 10:19:34

Who would clean my statue when the pigeons have decorated it?
No, I wouldn't like to be an eminent person, just a kind one.

Rufus2 Tue 18-Sept-18 09:46:43

A Melb. radio station recently postulated that if your local Council said you were an EP, and it would create a statue in your honour, whilst you're still alive, what form would you prefer, e.g. standing, sitting, on horseback etc.,; where would you put it and what inscription would suit you? One lady suggested putting her husband's statue on the pavement outside his favourite pub, but that was ruled out of order because of Council's attitude towards the demon drink. grin I think I'd go for the local railway station; plenty of viewers, but no idea of my inscription yet.