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So which Alabama school Auburn or UAt is responsible for the Vulcan statue
Posted on 11/28/13 at 4:35 am
Posted on 11/28/13 at 4:35 am
I keep getting this abhorrent statue picture when I google Ironbowl and it appears to me that the head is grossly disproportionate to the body?
Both schools have engineering programs and somebody fricked up was it War Tiger or Red Elephant?
The forum deserves the truth and somebody needs to claim responsibility here.
Both schools have engineering programs and somebody fricked up was it War Tiger or Red Elephant?
The forum deserves the truth and somebody needs to claim responsibility here.
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Posted on 11/28/13 at 4:40 am to BarberitosDawg
Posted on 11/28/13 at 4:47 am to Beer Bryant
Is he holding a lampshade?
Posted on 11/28/13 at 5:00 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
Giant Fudgsicle.
Posted on 11/28/13 at 5:15 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
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Is he holding a lampshade?
No. The original (and current) statue holds a spear.
There was a long period in between when the statue held a torch (which is pictured above - not sure whose idea that was).
It sits on a mountain high over the city, and the torch was normally lit up in green, but would be changed to red for the 24 hours following a traffic fatality.
Posted on 11/28/13 at 5:21 am to Evolved Simian
And his head swells when Bama football team wins?
Posted on 11/28/13 at 5:41 am to BarberitosDawg
Excellent thread.. It's a real knee slapper.
Posted on 11/28/13 at 6:05 am to BarberitosDawg
Vulcan is primo for valentine's day.
Posted on 11/28/13 at 6:07 am to BarberitosDawg
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BarberitosDawg
Closet ITAT follower
Posted on 11/28/13 at 6:29 am to stat19
Why would an Alabama fan choose to make personal attacks against a fellow member who is making an honest inquiry into a vexing issue?
Usually such a stance is representative of a guilty conscience and perhaps you hold information identifying the idiot savants school of origin.
Remember in this: Klondike Cat always gets his mouse.
Usually such a stance is representative of a guilty conscience and perhaps you hold information identifying the idiot savants school of origin.
Remember in this: Klondike Cat always gets his mouse.
This post was edited on 11/28/13 at 6:35 am
Posted on 11/28/13 at 6:33 am to BarberitosDawg
Google is your friend.
Birmingham was called the "Magic City" because it grew so quickly. The city's leaders wanted to advertise Birmingham and the state of Alabama to the world by entering an exhibit in the St. Louis World's Fair. James A. MacKnight, the manager of the Alabama State Fair, decided a statue of Vulcan would best highlight the area's growing industrial abilities. Mr. MacKnight searched for a sculptor, and finally found Giuseppe Moretti, an Italian immigrant who had come to New York City in 1888 and was becoming well known for creating large and beautiful
Birmingham was called the "Magic City" because it grew so quickly. The city's leaders wanted to advertise Birmingham and the state of Alabama to the world by entering an exhibit in the St. Louis World's Fair. James A. MacKnight, the manager of the Alabama State Fair, decided a statue of Vulcan would best highlight the area's growing industrial abilities. Mr. MacKnight searched for a sculptor, and finally found Giuseppe Moretti, an Italian immigrant who had come to New York City in 1888 and was becoming well known for creating large and beautiful
Posted on 11/28/13 at 6:37 am to BarberitosDawg
Posted on 11/28/13 at 6:40 am to BarberitosDawg
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Both schools have engineering programs and somebody fricked up was it War Tiger or Red Elephant?
Yeah, umm, what on earth would an engineer have to do with the design of a statue?
That's some art school bull crap.
You can thank a structural engineer, I guess that even with a giant, disproportionate head, the statue hasn't tipped over ever.
Posted on 11/28/13 at 7:40 am to Beer Bryant
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Giant Fudgsicle.
Winner.
Posted on 11/28/13 at 8:42 am to BrooksnDunn
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And his head swells when Bama football team wins?
No.....His jameis does.
This post was edited on 11/28/13 at 8:46 am
Posted on 11/28/13 at 8:44 am to plutonium55
The plan is to ultimately replace Vulcan with a statue of Saban
Posted on 11/28/13 at 9:18 am to BarberitosDawg
So I guess UGA does not teach a class on Mythology. Vulcan, as well as Hephaestus, the Greek version, was a malformed god. Try reading sometime.
Posted on 11/28/13 at 9:25 am to CrimsonFlounder
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So I guess UGA does not teach a class on Mythology
Actually they do but its more about how Georgia is relevant in the SEC.
Posted on 11/28/13 at 9:49 am to BarberitosDawg
Moon over Homewood.
but folks in Homewood complained...
so,
"What we did was rotate him a little bit to the east, I think around 15 degrees,"
i.e...toward Auburn.
but folks in Homewood complained...
so,
"What we did was rotate him a little bit to the east, I think around 15 degrees,"
i.e...toward Auburn.
Posted on 11/28/13 at 9:59 am to BarberitosDawg
automatic downvote with childish "UAt". Even made a lowercase "t".
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