Lemme see yer GRILL!
Posted on 01/20/2008 1:20:33 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Calling all brat-loving peaceniks: One local artist is planning to construct a giant peace sign out of 53 Weber grills on Lake Wingra on Saturday, Feb. 2.
The event, called "Grill'n for Peace," is a fundraiser for Savory Sunday, a group that feeds the needy in the basement of the State Capitol once a week. The winter barbecue will cost $25 for each grill participant.
People are asked to haul their "old school" Weber out on the frozen lake at 10 a.m. (by sled is recommended), get into peace symbol formation and start grilling. So far, the group has about 25 participants signed up.
"I always wanted to do a big peace sign out of grills," said Tom Barry, an artist and president of Savory Sunday. "Rather than me having to get 53 grills, I thought I would open it up to the community to come together for a common cause. There are a lot of people who are like-minded who are excited about the project."
Grill color is not important, but size matters. Dimensions for a 22 1/2-inch kettle are 38 1/2 inches in height, 35 inches in width and 22 1/2 inches in depth. Aerial photographs will be taken.
If more than 53 people have grills to bring, the peace sign will be bigger. Barry said he doesn't need a permit for the gathering as long as the group is under 300 people.
Participants should bring enough brats, burgers, steaks, ribs, tofu or vegetables to eat and extra to donate. What isn't eaten will be taken to the Capitol the next day and served at Savory Sunday. Barry asks that grillers BYOC (bring your own charcoal) and cooking utensils, but the group will supply a side dish, coffee, plates, napkins and cups.
Weber is donating a grill as a raffle prize, too, Barry said.
Some might question the link between grilled sausages and peace.
While admitting the idea is "a little wacky," Barry said that "I believe that if we do a better job as a community of taking care of the needy, it will prepare us for doing good outside of our neighborhoods. This I feel is an essential component in being an advocate for peace."
It's not the first time he has created a giant peace sign on a frozen Madison lake. In February 2004, Barry used 53 Christmas trees to build the symbol on Lake Mendota. He dedicated the act to activist Merry Hunter, his former neighbor. Hunter was the widow of longtime Capital Times reporter John Patrick Hunter and had passed away two months before.
"For me, the lake has always been a beautiful canvas that nobody really takes advantage of," Barry said.
For more information, e-mail grilln4peace@gmail.com.
See you at the bottom of the lake, LOL!
Giant? 53 grills? LOL, giant would be hundreds or thousands of grills. This is just a family outing.
They should bring some river rocks, make 53 fire pits and start some roaring fires.
The could put some tofu on a spit.
No life preservers allowed.
The problem as I see it for the pit suggestion, is the ice. If it’s not going to be set up on the ice, I’d agree with you.
Oh, well..
At least that one sounds harmless and hate-free.
Unless vegans are going to upbraid him for cooking the flesh of murdered animals in the name of peace?
Not just the vegans, won’t he be contributing to global warming
53 fires, arranged in lines on a frozen lake...yep, they may have some unintended consequences.
Not harmless —— Just think of all the carbon credits that will needed. Has an EIS been prepared on this and filed with
the Wisconsin DNR? Shut it down DNR!
TIME magazine rates charcoal grills as one of the most evil producers of greenhouse gases. They recommend “solar” grills. /snicker
I was thinking the peacenics would get some swimming exercise...LOL
Plus the contrast between the ice and the blue water would make a beautiful picture of a peace symbol from the air!
Heh heh heh... sorry.
BTW, look at the grill about five posts before yours. That’ll turn folks against grills fer sure.
My grandson had one he wore at Halloween
Hippies.They’re everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad.
Eric Cartman
GMTA, Diana! How many of these nimrods can we expect to melt right through? Or is the ice THAT thick that it’ll accommodate even these clowns?
Xena! Does he understand that he’s singing into a Magic Marker? LOL!
“Dude! I’m getting some weird re-verb on this. Can yuh fix it?”
Moo! ...I mean Nooooooo! Sadly, the ice is a good 10-15” thick by now. It’s been sub-zero for weeks and no end in sight. *SIGH*
I’ve been at that location many times to ice fish, and to attend “Kites on Ice” which they don’t have any longer because the weather and ice thickness can be unpredictable. And the insurance costs became prohibitive, LOL!
However, pray for 33 degrees and above for us starting tomorrow...that should slow those Hippies down. ;)
This story has made me hungry for some Johnsonville Brats.
Think I`ll fire up my Weber and have a Support the Troops cook-out.
That’s dumber than hell...Leave it to a bunch of hippies to come up with crap like that.
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