this takes some balls.
QuoteRed Square has seen a lot over the centuries, from public executions to giant military parades, but a performance artist broke new ground on Sunday when he nailed his scrotum to cobblestones in a painful act of protest.Pyotr Pavlensky said the protest was his response to Russia's descent into a "police state" and was timed to coincide with Police Day, which Russia's law enforcement officials celebrated on Sunday.
"The performance can be seen as a metaphor for the apathy, political indifference and fatalism of contemporary Russian society," Pavlensky said in a statement. "As the government turns the country into one big prison, stealing from the people and using the money to grow and enrich the police apparatus and other repressive structures, society is allowing this, and forgetting its numerical advantage, is bringing the triumph of the police state closer by its inaction."
Any punishment they come up with is likely to be a relief in comparison.
One wonders how careful the cops were when they removed him from his spot.
I wonder if his job sacked him.
If not he probably bagged himself a nice reprimand. Still, it takes a lot of balls to confront the Russian Gov't.
It took some stones to nail his rocks to the rocks.
He busted his balls trying to make his point but apparently no one would listen.
oh Im pretty sure he nailed his point down.
It's shocking only because so few people let it all hang out there anymore.
do you know how hard it is to actually fix a masonry nail into cobblestone?
its a real ball buster as they arent the sharpest things in construction.
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Don't testes him; he'd totally do it again.
Quote from: Staggerwing on November 12, 2013, 07:14:30 AM
One wonders how careful the cops were when they removed him from his spot.
Im sure youve seen Russian Internal Security remove protesters before.
Id be surprised if they bothered to take the nail out first.
now wheres Bawb? Im sure he could hammer this topic.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on November 12, 2013, 11:34:13 AM
now wheres Bawb? Im sure he could hammer this topic.
I'm sure he's nailing down a problem somewhere.
Don't you think it's time to put the hammer down and make Bawb post comments here?
I fear he's stapled to whatever tasks hes got.
Sorry to interrupt the pun parade, but...
F***ING OW!!! :o :o :o
somewhere in all this is a pro-testes/anti-testes joke, but my brain hurts to much to make it right now
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 12, 2013, 12:09:23 PM
somewhere in all this is a pro-testes/anti-testes joke, but my brain hurts to much to make it right now
Work got you pinned down?
Quote from: W8taminute on November 12, 2013, 11:55:24 AM
Don't you think it's time to put the hammer down and make Bawb post comments here?
I think the point has already been well and truly made.
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
Aren't you even going to try Bawb?
You lot had a head start on me and already nicked all the best 'uns :(
Quote from: bob48 on November 12, 2013, 02:36:34 PM
You lot had a head start on me and already nicked all the best 'uns :(
Nailed it.
I swear, y'all can say the tackiest things...
Quote from: JasonPratt on November 14, 2013, 04:40:16 PM
I swear, y'all can say the tackiest things...
I could say that we have
screwed this
thread up.........
Hole in one.
Or is that two?
Its certainly a new twist on things :)
These puns are merely low hanging fruit.
You're all nuts.
it does take a certain amount of testicular fortitude to hang here.
Indeed. How many of us have the cajones to do that?
Hmm..yeah I had my balls to the wall as I raced over to this forum.