PHOTO: Wall Street Bull Had Blue Balls Today
The balls of the famous Wall Street bull got painted blue today. Before they were cleaned, a Gothamist reader snapped this pic. In terms of the creative comic output it's sparked, this may be the funniest economic meltdown ever.
Wall Street Really Needs Relief [Gothamist]
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That's not cool. Some poor bastard's job was to clean the balls of a bull statue.
@levarien: Yeah, in the coming economic meltdown, you will wish you had the brass ball cleaning job!
If I could do something like that in this life...
... it would forever be complete.
Next prank... 1 of 2 things... or possibly both:
1) Hacksaw to the balls. No balls for the bear market.
2) Someone makes a giant paper bear and sets it up to assume the position on the bull.
At least he has a job. Maybe its a laid off investment banker.
What time of day do you have to walk by that thing that it isn't surrounded by tourists?
I guess same time of day that you'd notice blue balls before the cleaning crew did.
@socalrob: @ #2 -- LOL, that would be hilarious. I vote for that one. You ought to contact the code pink folks in NYC.
Absolutely brilliant.
Now, someone just needs to go drip bright red paint on the fangs of the bear.
@stevejust: I don't think Code Pink would do that. The Dems caused the shenanigans in the first place.
I'm sure AIG will be more than willing to foot the cleaning bill.
Classic.
Maybe it was the cleaning crew that did it?
I work right up the block, and you have no idea how many people come to get a photo taken of them grabbing it's balls. It's ridiculous.
It wasn't me. I wish it had been me, but it wasn't.
The guy who did the painting really knew how to grab the bull by the... balls?
@tande04:
Ah, you're right. I was thinking of a sculpture set I'd seen elsewhere. Sorry for the confusion. Now that you mention it, that bull is all by his lonesome there, I think.
Of course, being alone would account for the blue... condition. ;D
@XianZhuXuande: Back when this meltdown was just a glimmer in the eye of someone in a barrel hurtling towards Niagra falls, somebody taped a 2$ bill to the door of Bear Stearns...
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@OletheaEurystheus: I thought the same thing LOL. I was like so he's working, who cares if it's cleaning fake bulls balls.
DOWn, baby, DOWn!
@mexifelio: Maybe they can locate a few laborers at their fancy "retreats" that will be willing to do some extra work on the side. Uncle Sam'll be glad to foot the bill....
MORE CREATIVE ART - NOW!!!!
Simply hilarious. I wish I was there to take a picture next to it :)
PS: Sadly the only funny thing nowadays.
They should have left it like that.
@Difdi:This task would fall under the "Other duties as assigned." part of the Job description. I also imagine a ball cleaner on Wall Street is paid pretty well.
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I don't know if it's "art", but I LIKE it.
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"You can't always get what you want. But if try, sometimes you get what you need.
Oh yeah."
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Who do you get for a job like this? I looked in the classified for someone skilled at cleaning balls but found no listings. Interestingly there are a lot of prospects on Craigslist.
@Craysh: Are you kidding? "It's all the democrats' fault" huh. Not the banks or the people getting loans they knew they'd never be able to pay off...it was the politicians. nice.
@gc3160 - that homo that u know: seriously! when bulls are sold at auction, some poor sap has to clean LIVE bull balls (at least when they're shown at a livestock show) - now THAT would be a ball sucking kinda job!!
Sad and kind of wrong, but I liked the comment on that page asking if Bernanke had an alibi.
On that same vein where was Congress when the bull was relieved of its blue balls?
@socalrob:
Maybe the blue bear from the Denver convention center could be photoshopped in as a temporary measure.
Castration would also have seemed appropriate.
Wow... I don't think I can add anything to this story.
Apt.