SUBMITTED BY: Laura Molta LOCATION: Madrid, Spain (2009)
There are several deeply troubling aspects to this seemingly innocent tourist photo.
First is the cavalier attitude and body posture of the tourist: LOOK AT ME! I AM LEANING UP AGAINST AN AUTHENTIC BLUE-COLLAR WORKER!
What’s with the casual knee bend?
Second, this alleged tribute to an honest day’s work is a graffiti magnet and city authorities are apparently in no rush to clean up the defamatory scrawls.
Third, take a closer look at the graffiti — SOV SPY — perhaps code for Soviet spy?
Now, we know the Cold War is supposed to be over. But you just never know where those rascally hammer-and-sickle types hid listening devices.
Who was this street sweeper ... really?
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