2. Was originally displayed in the city park zoo in Minsk, Belarus. On his birthday officials would dress bears in ceremonial garments and roller skates and parade the bears for all to enjoy.
3. Scholars say this statue is one of a kind. Out of all 320 Lenin statues made, this one depicts Lenin holding a hat in his left hand. It is a known fact that Lenin did not like hats or cats. He did enjoy rhymes though.
9. Lenin’s head was cut down days after the fall of the Berlin wall. The Belarus people gave the head to President Ronald Regan and now can be seen in The Trophy Room of the Ronald Regan Presidential Library.
4. No one is allowed to stand near or mock the statue.
5. The statue was used in the film Agent Cody Banks.
6. In a Moscow casino, a headless statue of George Washington is displayed for tourist. It's in poor taste.
7. The Verve wrote “Bitter Sweet Symphony” after seeing the statue on tour.
8. Tabloids say that Zsa Zsa Gabor has been hiding in a secret compartment in the statue despite the fact she is Hungarian, not Russian.
9. Lenin’s head was cut down days after the fall of the Berlin wall. The Belarus people gave the head to President Ronald Regan and now can be seen in The Trophy Room of the Ronald Regan Presidential Library.
10. In accordance with the terms and conditions of purchasing the statue, the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino has to frequently reapply pigeon droppings to keep the statue historically accurate. At 3pm everyday, a russian bum must sleep near the statue and harass guests.
11. Nostradamus foretold that communism, along with my attempt to win big at the craps table, would fail.
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I did some reading of my own on the statue:
ReplyDelete12: A confused Mark David Chatman tried to assassinate the statue and was wounded by a ricochet.
13: In mother Russia, statue mocks YOU! What a country!