LIONS, and tigers and bears, OH MY!

[stusegal]

So I came home the other day, and THESE were in front of my neighbor's home:


So you could appreciate the scale, I asked Vito to be in the photo.  On a SLIM DAY, Vito is about 130 lbs - if we feed him Twinkies and pretzels he tops 140.

Poll #1-2008
Open to: all, results viewable to: all

What would you do?

IGNORE (easy for you to say since you're not living next door)
Let big Vito do what he wants (which is, incidentally, to lift his leg whenever he gets near the lions - which so far I haven't let him do)
Get bigger lions, or elephants, for our home (tell me where)
Get the kids from Rutgers to paint them red.
Run a "Name The Lions" contest (could I award the lions to the winner?)
Congratulate the neighbor on his impeccable taste and his extraordinary luck in finding such distinctive lawn ornaments.

Any other suggestions?

Comments

[danjite.livejournal.com]

If you are on good terms or the neighbors are approachable, talk.

If not, then:

Retaliatory statuary. Whether life sized replicas of fully dressed circus elephants or an eight foot Guidolon, have stoopid fun with it.

OR- but not AND- hire people NOT traceable to you to paint them as mimes. Mimes with red genitals.

[stu-segal.livejournal.com]

EIGHT FOOT GUIDOLON!!!

[alanashinean.livejournal.com]

I think you simply have to congratulate your neighbor on his EXCELLENT taste. I am pretty envious. I need a pair.

[stu-segal.livejournal.com]

The politically correct comment would have been - "Wow, what a handsome dog", but since you missed that and are enamored of the lions. . . .

Actually, I agree with you; the lions are awesome. While I don't really have a problem with anything the neighbors do, I must say the the awesome lions look just a bit out-of-place in front of a home - - and plopping down a pair of giant very expensive lions on some cinder blocks rather than getting a mason to build proper bases isn't too cool.

But the lions are awesome.

I hear you've returned to the land of English Version 1.1.

[alanashinean.livejournal.com]

The dog is gorgeous, so much so that I overlooked pointing that out.

And while we both agree that the lions are awesome, I agree that they are a tad ostentatious for most neighborhoods.