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Giant 'Bra Fence' Sparks Controversy
Local 6 .com ^
| July 29, 2005
Posted on 07/29/2005 5:49:30 PM PDT by Cowman
Giant 'Bra Fence' Sparks Controversy Official Says Fence Offends Asian Cultures, South Africans
POSTED: 1:15 pm EDT July 29, 2005 UPDATED: 1:24 pm EDT July 29, 2005
A New Zealand man is resisting demands to take down hundreds of women's bras strung on his farm's fence after their night of drinking, according to a Local 6 News report.
"It was probably a novelty for the first six months but I think it's passed and we need to move on," said chairman Bill Gordon. "This town has got lot of Japanese students who get educated here. They are very offended by it as a lot of Asian cultures, South Africans."
For years, women returning from a pub in the nearby town of Wanaka have stopped at the fence and removed their bras.
A local sheep farmer, John Lee, has become the unofficial guardian of the site.
"They have got a magic quality about them, bras," Lee said. "For me, they have all my life."
Women have recently added their own to the fence, gaining the property worldwide publicity.
However, the Wanaka Community Board believes some locals are fed up with the unlikely tourist attraction and want it taken down.
"It was probably a novelty for the first six months but I think it's passed and we need to move on," said chairman Bill Gordon. "This town has got lot of Japanese students who get educated here. They are very offended by it as a lot of Asian cultures, South Africans."
Lee defended the bra-adorned fence, saying 90 percent of letters he receives about it are supportive.
He said it was the most photographed attraction in the district.
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It was probably a novelty for the first six months but I think it's passed and we need to move on," said chairman Bill Gordon. "This town has got lot of Japanese students who get educated here. They are very offended by it as a lot of Asian cultures, South Africans." This guy is offering a service by offering women a place for their bras and the local bureaucrats are bent on taking this monument down
SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO STOP THESE #%&^ BUREAUCRATS!!!
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posted on
07/29/2005 5:49:30 PM PDT
by
Cowman
To: Cowman
Good post, got to keep abreast of these things you know!
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posted on
07/29/2005 5:52:05 PM PDT
by
pipecorp
(Let's have a CRUSADE! , the muslim half has already started. ps. I need more cowbell!)
To: Cowman
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posted on
07/29/2005 5:53:43 PM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
To: Cowman
"This town has got lot of Japanese students who get educated here. They are very offended by it as a lot of Asian cultures, South Africans."
Offended by a bra???? WTF????????
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posted on
07/29/2005 5:53:47 PM PDT
by
ReeWalker
(Call me a "Murder"..And expect me to be "nice"...DREAM ON.. I never have guilt EVER!!!)
To: pipecorp
got to keep abreast of these things you know! I agree. Imagine the government telling this poor guy that he has to lock this beautiful monument in a chest somewhere. The local officials are just a bunch of boobs.
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posted on
07/29/2005 5:55:31 PM PDT
by
Cowman
(Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
To: ReeWalker
Yet at the same time they have no problem with animated tentacle rape or kiddie porn.
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posted on
07/29/2005 5:55:50 PM PDT
by
Now_is_The_Time
(They hate us because we're better.)
To: Cowman
I'm wondering why they're concerned about the feelings of foreign visitors.
Okay, actually I'm not. They're libs.
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posted on
07/29/2005 5:56:33 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Cowman
"Lee defended the bra-adorned fence, saying
90 percent of letters he receives about it are supportive."
Double-D Cross Your Heart?
The remaining 10% must be strapless ;-)
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posted on
07/29/2005 6:00:13 PM PDT
by
cloud8
To: cloud8
Judging by the fence, I'd say at least 20% were underwire. (look closely)
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posted on
07/29/2005 6:05:21 PM PDT
by
pipecorp
(Let's have a CRUSADE! , the muslim half has already started. ps. I need more cowbell!)
To: Cowman
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posted on
07/29/2005 6:07:03 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: ReeWalker; cloud8; mikrofon; martin_fierro
They are very offended by it. . . . The best offense is a good "D" fence.
To: Charles Henrickson
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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posted on
07/29/2005 6:37:09 PM PDT
by
ReeWalker
(Call me a "Murder"..And expect me to be "nice"...DREAM ON.. I never have guilt EVER!!!)
To: Cowman
For years, women returning from a pub in the nearby town of Wanaka have stopped at the fence and removed their bras.For years, women returning from a pub in the nearby town of Wanaka have stopped at the fence and removed their bras. I gotta see this! I'm going to be visiting Wanaka in October.
To: Charles Henrickson; ReeWalker; mikrofon
"They have got a magic quality about them, bras," Lee said. "For me, they have all my life." And how.
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posted on
07/29/2005 7:23:49 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
("Watch me pull a bunny out....")
To: martin_fierro
And how
Heh,heh,he,he....
;^)
To: Charles Henrickson
The best offense is a good "D" fence. ROTFL, post of the month!
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:46:20 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(History's greatest monsters: Hitler, Stalin, Mao & Durbin)
To: martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson
A local sheep farmer, John Lee, has become the unofficial guardian of the site. Braaa-a-a-a-a-a!
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posted on
07/30/2005 9:54:13 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(*sheepishly*)
To: Now_is_The_Time
WTF is animated tentacle rape? That is going to bug me all day if I don't find out...
To: Dashing Dasher
Have you been to this pub?
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posted on
02/14/2006 7:10:21 AM PST
by
ChefKeith
(Flies,fleas,ants,ticks,cockroaches,bad cops,lawyers,judges & politicians All the same. Useless!!!)
To: ChefKeith
No, but we should make a field trip - don't you think?
;-)
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posted on
02/14/2006 8:28:28 AM PST
by
Dashing Dasher
(Happy Valentine's Day! or as mhking likes to say, Happy Thanksgiving!)
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