Hardcore teddy banned from bear parade

Reuters ^ | 05/24/05 | Staff

[Dashing Dasher]

ZURICH (Reuters) - A giant dominatrix teddy bear wearing a leather mask and brandishing hand-cuffs has been banned from sober Zurich's street display of man-sized model bears, the project's artistic director said Tuesday.

While tourists pose for snaps next to a brightly-painted and benign array of models such as the "schoolteacher bear" and the "skier bear," "Baervers" -- a pun on the German for perverse -- has been deemed too steamy for the financial capital's streets.

"This bear is perverse, dominatrix and hardcore. We had to ban it because of the children," Beat Seeberger-Quin, the project's art director, told Reuters.

The offending bear, which sports bright red lipstick, a corset and thigh-length leather boots, stands atop a pedestal bearing the words "first class service."

Some 600 teddies, variously decorated by artists, stud the streets of Zurich and its airport in the "Teddy-Summer" project.

The controversial model had been allocated a place near Zurich's Paradeplatz, home to Switzerland's top banks such as Credit Suisse and UBS, before Seeberger-Quin spotted the final design and decided to ban it.

The dominatrix bear's creators now seek a private home for their sadomasochist teddy. At least "Baervers" will not face the same hazards as his publicly-displayed peers, some of which have been vandalized or even kidnapped.

"Two or three of the bears have been splashed with paint, and one bear -- a nice small bear wearing a little dress -- has been stolen," Seeberger-Quin said.

[MamaTexan]

You just ruined my thread with that picture of THAT

ROFL!

(send in the Emergency Damage Control team!)

[DoctorMichael]

Say it ain't so!

[Skooz]

Hey, I specifically told the photographer that he could NOT post my picture on any website with my prior approval.

Man, you just can't trust anybody nowadays.

[Skooz]

I'll have to check out the link after work. Or maybe at lunch. :)

[Jaysun]

What the hell Mama? Rosie was bad, but a group of queers?

[Dashing Dasher]

Beastiality is not attractive, my friend.

Even if the beast is cute?!?

[Dashing Dasher]

How long do you have for lunch?




.

[Skooz]

Only 30 minutes.

But, I have lots of vacation time stored up.

[Dashing Dasher]

You'll need it....

[Skooz]

Why? Is it a long artcile?

[Skooz]

article

[Dashing Dasher]

You may need to relieve the swelling it causes.

[Skooz]

You're my favorite FReeper.

Ever.

(deja vu?)

[Finger Monkey]

You are definitely a better looking dominatrix teddy bear than the offending bear.

I would rather sleep with you.

Um, I mean, as a teddy bear.

[Dashing Dasher]

You sang that song before!

[Dashing Dasher]

Bertha's getting kinky!

[Skooz]

Yep. And you have done nothing to dissuade me of my opinion. On the contrary. :0)

[Skooz]

BTW, how did you run across the article?

[Finger Monkey]

Buh . . . buh . . . I meant as a teddy bear.

Really!

[MamaTexan]

Hey, I specifically told the photographer that he could NOT post my picture on any website with my prior approval.

OOOOOK

(BTW...which one is you, Skooz? Inquiring minds want to know!)

:)