Lady in the Water

Rowers navigate around a sculpture in the Binnenalster, an artificial lake in Hamburg, last week. Apparently not well-received by locals, the installation will remain in place until August 12. Photo: Morris Mac Matzen / Reuters. More.

• [MobAssault]

  is it real or fake women below water line?

• [Brainspore]

  This just begs for someone to plant a device at the bottom of the lake designed to periodically release huge air bubbles.

• [Matt_B]

  Yawn. They did this in Madison 30 years ago. 
  http://m1.ikiwq.com/img/xl/CmqNMlfrC0wmwNBs6TnXbb.jpg

• [scifijazznik]

  Xeni does Lilliput?

• [RumorsofmyDemise]

  Xeni does her best Allison Hayes impression.

• [theophrastvs]

  (can’t f’n believe it falls to me…) listen, strange women lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government! supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony… you can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you… if I went ’round sayin’ I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me…

  • [Finnagain]

    Well done. Way to step up!

• [fraac]

  “Not only did she nearly sink, local residents struggled to see her artistic merits.”

  Because they’re below the water level.

• [Keith Burns]

  If she pee’s it will go over her lips…

• [HERBinator]

  Looks like another David Bowie sighting.

• [Jacob Ewing]

  Perfect pose for giving birth.  Too bad the facial expression doesn’t match.

• [ill lich]

  “Here’s to swimmin’ with bow-legged women.”

  –Capt. Quint

• [SamSam]

  That facial expression is just terrible. It looks like she’s concentrating on taking a crap.

  @boingboing-d14fe370bdf1664c34b258d65f8d3507:disqus: If I lived in the neighborhood and had my scuba equipment handy….

• [Kimberly Phipps]

  While the lady may be in the water only until August 12, she will be on the internet forever!

• [Blaze Curry]

  Some people just don’t like to have their sense of importance challenged I guess…

• [Stefan Schmitt]

  Well, not *all* locals dislike the lady. I’m quite fond of her.

• [Rks1157]

  She certainly sits well over the line dividing art from just plain tacky. That said… I want one!

• [Kurt Levy]

  Oh no!  The fish will never get rid of that smell.

• [shun2u]

  It just a head and 2 legs? If it shown a couple of nipples too, then i pretty sure that it will well-received by locals.

• [han]

  Amazing likeness of Patricia _ (the last name is silent), as seen in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GThtMAZGYU