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		<title>Killer Rabbit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Whitney Matheson    LOCATION: San Francisco, California (2011) Cute pink rabbit or rodent with a deathwish?   There&#8217;s lots of Freudian subtext in what may be the World&#8217;s Largest Skull Bunny, the brainchild of artist Jeremy Fish. What is it about pink rabbits that make us contemplate our own mortality?  Discuss amongst yourselves. (Whitney [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2482" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 561px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Pop-Candy-Pink-Skull-Bunny-Whitney-Matheson.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2482" title="Pop Candy Pink Skull Bunny Whitney Matheson" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Pop-Candy-Pink-Skull-Bunny-Whitney-Matheson.jpg" alt="" width="551" height="734" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">You can find the Pink Skull Bunny and his gallery of admirers on San Francisco&#39;s infamous Haight Street. </p></div>
<p><strong>SUBMITTED BY:</strong> Whitney Matheson    <strong>LOCATION:</strong> San Francisco, California (2011)</p>
<p>Cute pink rabbit or rodent with a deathwish?   There&#8217;s lots of Freudian subtext in what may be the World&#8217;s Largest Skull Bunny, the brainchild of artist <a href="http://www.sillypinkbunnies.com/bio/" target="_blank">Jeremy Fish</a>.</p>
<p>What is it about <a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/2011/10/dinosaur-land-virginia/" target="_blank">pink rabbits</a> that make us contemplate our own mortality?  Discuss amongst yourselves.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>(<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/index" target="_blank">Whitney Matheson</a> is the Pop Candy columnist for USA Today. You can follow her on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/popcandy" target="_blank">@popcandy</a>).</em></span></p>
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		<title>Mermaid Romance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Noelle Boc   LOCATION: Charlestown, Mass. (2011) When you kiss a fish, it is better with your eyes closed? Rumor has it that smooching with this Fish Sentinel, the official guard of City Square Park near Boston Harbor, will make you grow fins. (Noelle Boc is a hip children&#8217;s librarian and movie reviewer [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2468" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/fish-lips-statue-kiss-tacky-tourist-photos.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2468" title="fish lips statue kiss tacky tourist photos" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/fish-lips-statue-kiss-tacky-tourist-photos.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="420" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Savoring the moment....</p></div>
<p><strong>SUBMITTED BY:</strong> Noelle Boc   <strong>LOCATION:</strong> Charlestown, Mass. (2011)</p>
<p>When you kiss a fish, it is better with your eyes closed?</p>
<p>Rumor has it that smooching with this <a href="http://www.bostonharborwalk.com/art/location.php?nid=1&amp;sid=2" target="_blank">Fish Sentinel</a>, the official guard of City Square Park near Boston Harbor, will make you grow fins.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>(Noelle Boc is a hip children&#8217;s librarian and <a href="http://www.thebigbrownchair.com/2011/11/that-paris-exists-and-anyone-could.html" target="_blank">movie reviewer</a> with a passion for bronze.)</em></span></p>
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		<title>Occupy Wall Street&#8230; By The Balls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Aaron Whitehead   LOCATION: New York, NY (2011) Legend has it that rubbing the brass balls of the Wall Street Bull statue, formally known as &#8220;Charging Bull,&#8221; will bring good luck to your portfolio.  Is it only a matter of time till the Occupy Wall Street mob attempts castration?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2439" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 407px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Wall-Street-Bull-Statue-Balls-Tacky-Tourist-Photos-x.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2439" title="Wall Street Bull Statue Balls Tacky Tourist Photos x" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Wall-Street-Bull-Statue-Balls-Tacky-Tourist-Photos-x.jpg" alt="" width="397" height="600" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Touchy Subject: Nostalgically reaching for signs of Wall Street virility and hopes of a Bull market.</p></div>
<p><strong>SUBMITTED BY:</strong> Aaron Whitehead   <strong>LOCATION:</strong> New York, NY (2011)</p>
<p>Legend has it that rubbing the brass balls of the Wall Street Bull statue, formally known as &#8220;<a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/downtowns-bull-no-longer-emblematic-remains-popular/" target="_blank">Charging Bull</a>,&#8221; will bring good luck to your portfolio.  Is it only a matter of time till the <a href="http://occupywallst.org/" target="_blank">Occupy Wall Street</a> mob attempts castration?</p>
<div id="attachment_2440" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Wall-Street-Bull.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2440" title="Wall Street Bull" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Wall-Street-Bull.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="600" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">RAGING BULL -- A more dignified view of the Wall Street icon.</p></div>
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		<title>Rock Star Groupie</title>
		<link>http://tackytouristphotos.com/2011/09/evert-taube-rock-star-groupie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: David Meerman Scott   LOCATION: Stockholm, Sweden (2011) Unlike the pathetic fashion attempts of American tourists, it is genuinely possible to wear a beret and still be respected in Europe. Hats (or berets) off to the improvisational skills of David, who uses his Stockholm tourist map to mirror the statue&#8217;s sheet music. Which famous [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2380" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://www.taubesallskapet.se/"><img class="size-full wp-image-2380 " title="Evert Taube Statue Sweden Tacky Tourist Photos 2x" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Evert-Taube-Statue-Sweden-Tacky-Tourist-Photos-2x.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="452" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Celebrity Bonding -- Swedish musician Evert Taube is immortalized on the sidewalk near his favorite restaurant, the Gyllene Freden in Stockholm.  The statue was a gift from IKEA to celebrate its 20th anniversary back in 1985. (Click the pic above to learn more information on the man credited for bringing the Argentinian tango to the dance halls of Sweden).</p></div>
<p><strong>SUBMITTED BY:</strong> David Meerman Scott   <strong> LOCATION:</strong> Stockholm, Sweden (2011)</p>
<p>Unlike the <a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/2011/07/american-tourists-in-paris-with-berets/" target="_blank">pathetic fashion attempts of American tourists</a>, it is genuinely possible to wear a beret and still be respected in Europe.</p>
<p>Hats (or berets) off to the improvisational skills of David, who uses his Stockholm tourist map to mirror the statue&#8217;s sheet music.</p>
<div id="attachment_2381" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=evert+taube&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=G&amp;rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS315&amp;prmd=imvnso&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;ei=xwZ4Tu2jA-rv0gGurPz0DA&amp;ved=0CDIQsAQ&amp;biw=1920&amp;bih=918"><img class="size-full wp-image-2381" title="Evert Taube Statue Sweden Tacky Tourist Photos 1x" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Evert-Taube-Statue-Sweden-Tacky-Tourist-Photos-1x.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="487" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Although not as well known internationally as Abba or Europe (&quot;The Final Countdown&quot;), the late singer-songwriter Evert Taube retains a lot of street cred on Swedish radio. (Click the pic above for his album covers).</p></div>
<p>Which <a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/2009/09/dr-seuss-chorus-line/" target="_blank">famous statues have you mimicked</a> recently?  Send us your best acting work at tackytouristphotos (at) gmail (dot) com.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>(Marketing strategist <a href="http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/bio.htm" target="_blank">David Meerman Scott</a> is the co-author of &#8220;<a href="http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/products_books.htm" target="_blank">Marketing Lessons From The Grateful Dead</a>: What Every Business Can Learn From The Most Iconic Band in History.&#8221;)</em></span></p>
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		<title>Got Milk?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Ursula K.  LOCATION: Middlebury, Vermont (2011) So if you&#8217;re in the market for a cheese factory, the abandoned Kennedy Brothers property is for sale. Not sure if this eyeless cow will be tossed in the deal, but odds are that she will be living in a University of Vermont or Middlebury College dorm [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2369" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 561px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Got-Milk-Tacky-Tourist-Photos.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-2369" title="Got-Milk-Tacky-Tourist-Photos" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Got-Milk-Tacky-Tourist-Photos-1024x764.jpg" alt="" width="551" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">There&#39;s one place where cow worship is more widespread than in India -- the Land of Vermont!</p></div>
<p><strong>SUBMITTED BY:</strong> Ursula K.  <strong>LOCATION:</strong> Middlebury, Vermont (2011)</p>
<p>So if you&#8217;re in the market for a cheese factory, the abandoned Kennedy Brothers property is for sale. Not sure if this eyeless cow will be tossed in the deal, but odds are that she will be living in a University of Vermont or Middlebury College dorm room soon.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>(Ursula K recently got sloshed with America&#8217;s kite-flying patriot, <a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/2010/11/beer-with-ben-franklin/" target="_blank">Ben Franklin</a>).</em></span></p>
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		<title>Kiss of the Century</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Mark Z.   LOCATION: Sarasota, Florida (2011) The guy who made the Marilyn Monroe statue in Chicago apparently specializes in providing opportunities to look up the skirts of fiberglass Amazonian women. But Mark&#8217;s parents are a lot classier. They preferred to re-enact the famous spontaneous kiss between a sailor and a nurse in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2349" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 415px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/submit-your-photos/"><img class="size-full wp-image-2349" title="Sarasota Nurse Sailor WWII Kiss Statue tacky tourist photos" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Sarasota-Nurse-Sailor-WWII-Kiss-Statue-tacky-tourist-photos.jpg" alt="" width="405" height="600" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The &quot;Unconditional Surrender&quot; statue commemorates the end of World War II. (Click pic to learn how you can submit your kiss to be immortalized here).</p></div>
<p><strong>SUBMITTED BY:</strong> Mark Z.  <strong> LOCATION:</strong> Sarasota, Florida (2011)</p>
<p>The guy who made the <a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/2011/08/cheeky-controversy/" target="_blank">Marilyn Monroe statue</a> in Chicago apparently specializes in providing opportunities to look up the skirts of fiberglass Amazonian women.</p>
<p>But Mark&#8217;s parents are a lot classier. They preferred to re-enact the famous spontaneous kiss between a sailor and a nurse in Times Square.</p>
<p>Turns out that this J. Seward Johnson sculpture is <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100201/article/2011030?p=1&amp;tc=pg&amp;tc=ar" target="_blank">controversial, too</a>.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>(Learn the story of Edith Shain, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/23/AR2010062305311.html" target="_blank">the real nurse in the kiss photo</a> made famous by Life Magazine&#8217;s Alfred Eisenstaedt.)</em></span></p>
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		<title>Winner of the Sphinx Rodeo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Ari G.  LOCATION: Glen, NH (2011) New Hampshire, home of Story Land&#8216;s Sphinx, is a helluva lot safer than Cairo right now. (Ari G. is a frequent Tacky Tourist Photo contributor who has munched the World&#8217;s Largest Box of Popcorn and bench pressed the Liberty Bell. His favorite ride is Splash Battle: Pharaoh&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2321" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://www.storylandnh.com/rides.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-2321" title="Ari-Sphinx-Story-land-tacky-tourist-photos" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Ari-Sphinx-Story-land-tacky-tourist-photos.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">You don&#39;t have to go to Egypt or Las Vegas to see the Sphinx!</p></div>
<p><strong>SUBMITTED BY:</strong> Ari G.  <strong> LOCATION:</strong> Glen, NH (2011)</p>
<p>New Hampshire, home of <a href="http://www.storylandnh.com" target="_blank">Story Land</a>&#8216;s Sphinx, is a helluva lot safer than Cairo right now.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>(Ari G. is a frequent Tacky Tourist Photo contributor who has munched the <a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/2011/07/amusement-parks-make-me-hungry/" target="_blank">World&#8217;s Largest Box of Popcorn </a>and <a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/2010/09/lifting-liberty/" target="_blank">bench pressed the Liberty Bell</a>. His favorite ride is <a href="http://www.storylandnh.com/rides.html" target="_blank">Splash Battle: Pharaoh&#8217;s Reign</a>.)</em></span></p>
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		<title>Topless Marilyn</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Leigh Hanlon   LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois (2011) Will the keywords &#8220;Marilyn Monroe&#8221; and &#8220;topless&#8221; send Tacky Tourist Photos&#8217; web traffic through the stratosphere? Maybe if this were still the year 1962. (Photographer Leigh Hanlon, aka &#8220;The Chicago Cowboy,&#8221; blogs at ChicagoScope.com. Curious about this half-finished statue? Check out our Cheeky Controversy post about [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2355" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 609px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/leigh-topless-marilyn-monroe-tacky-tourist-photo.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2355" title="leigh-topless-marilyn-monroe-tacky-tourist-photo" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/leigh-topless-marilyn-monroe-tacky-tourist-photo.jpg" alt="" width="599" height="399" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Something missing, Miss Monroe? (Click photo for larger image).</p></div>
<p><strong>SUBMITTED BY:</strong> Leigh Hanlon   <strong>LOCATION:</strong> Chicago, Illinois (2011)</p>
<p>Will the keywords &#8220;Marilyn Monroe&#8221; and &#8220;topless&#8221; send Tacky Tourist Photos&#8217; web traffic through the stratosphere?</p>
<p>Maybe if this were still the year 1962.</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">(Photographer Leigh Hanlon, aka &#8220;<a href="http://chicagoscope.com" target="_blank">The Chicago Cowboy</a>,&#8221; blogs at ChicagoScope.com. Curious about this half-finished statue? Check out our <a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/2011/08/cheeky-controversy/" target="_blank">Cheeky Controversy</a> post about Chicago&#8217;s kitschiest tourist attraction).</span></em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Various Artists   LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois (2011) Is the 26-foot tribute to Marilyn Monroe a magnet for pop culture perverts or just harmless fun? Our Tacky Tourist correspondents report there is plenty of evidence to support both scenarios. &#8220;Although the sculpture itself isn&#8217;t anything groundbreaking and it would probably be better located in New [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2248" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 438px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/my-marilyn-monroe-statue-chicago-tacky-tourist-photos-x.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2248" title="my-marilyn-monroe-statue-chicago-tacky-tourist-photos-x" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/my-marilyn-monroe-statue-chicago-tacky-tourist-photos-x.jpg" alt="" width="428" height="601" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Whattya starin&#39; at?  Tourists feel no need for subtlety at Marilyn Monroe&#39;s famous &quot;Seven Year Itch&quot; scene recreated on Chicago&#39;s Magnificent Mile. (Photo credit: Michael Yen -- click pic for close-up view)</p></div>
<p><strong>SUBMITTED BY:</strong> Various Artists   <strong>LOCATION:</strong> Chicago, Illinois (2011)</p>
<p>Is the 26-foot tribute to Marilyn Monroe a <a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/217393/chicagos-beyond-kitschy-marilyn-monroe-statue" target="_blank">magnet for pop culture perverts</a> or just harmless fun?</p>
<p>Our Tacky Tourist correspondents report there is plenty of evidence to support both scenarios.</p>
<p>&#8220;Although  the sculpture itself isn&#8217;t anything groundbreaking and it would probably  be better located in New York, it definitely causes a reaction,&#8221; says photographer Michael Yen, who analyzes tourists on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.260318057318452.87558.200642593285999&amp;type=1" target="_blank">a scale of Coy-to-Crude</a> on his Facebook page. &#8220;I  like the statue because it does that.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It was interesting to see people boldly go up and take it all in or decide to stay in front of the statue and not take a peek &#8212; and then perhaps go and take a peek anyway,&#8221; he adds.</p>
<p>Yen reports that he saw some fellow visitors pretending to lick Marilyn&#8217;s feet, noting it &#8220;gives people a free pass to act however they want.&#8221;</p>
<p>Some gregarious tourists expressed just pure joy about the giant fiberglass actress invading the Windy City.</p>
<div id="attachment_2289" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 467px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dan1-marilyn-monroe-statue-tacky-tourist-photos.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2289" title="dan1-marilyn-monroe-statue-tacky-tourist-photos" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dan1-marilyn-monroe-statue-tacky-tourist-photos.jpg" alt="" width="457" height="599" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Dan Eidsmoe  (Click for larger image)</p></div>
<p>Others, like Casual Briefcase Guy, acted like Marilyn&#8217;s legs were just another thing to lean on, like a lamp post or telephone pole.</p>
<div id="attachment_2290" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fp-tacky-tourist-photos.marilyn-monroe-statue.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2290" title="fp-tacky-tourist-photos.marilyn monroe statue" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fp-tacky-tourist-photos.marilyn-monroe-statue.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="406" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Fredy Peralta  (Click for larger image).</p></div>
<p>Nothing bonds a couple closer together than wrapping around a gorgeous calf.</p>
<div id="attachment_2291" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 458px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ewa-marilyn-Monroe-statue-tacky-tourist-photos.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2291" title="ewa-marilyn Monroe statue-tacky-tourist-photos" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ewa-marilyn-Monroe-statue-tacky-tourist-photos.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="599" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Ewa Malcher  (Click for larger image)</p></div>
<p>And if you&#8217;ve been married for a really long time, you have to look down and pretend not to notice things like this.</p>
<div id="attachment_2292" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 465px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dan2-tacky-tourist-photos-marilyn-monroe-statue.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2292" title="dan2-tacky-tourist-photos-marilyn-monroe-statue" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dan2-tacky-tourist-photos-marilyn-monroe-statue.jpg" alt="" width="455" height="601" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Dan Eidsmoe  (Click for larger image)</p></div>
<p>Photographer Dan Eidsmoe says he doesn&#8217;t think Marilyn&#8217;s sex appeal stretches well at 26 feet. &#8220;The attraction will wear off rather quickly,&#8221; he predicts. &#8220;The face and hair of the  statue are very plastic looking.  Have you ever eaten at a <a href="http://www.bigboy.com/" target="_blank">Big Boy restaurant</a>?&#8221;</p>
<p>Plastic or not, foot fetishists will be very disappointed by the World&#8217;s Grimiest Pedicure. As an aside, check out the diamond-studded flip-flops on the three-legged woman to the right of this kid&#8217;s Crocs.</p>
<div id="attachment_2293" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jp1-marilyn-monroe-statue-tacky-tourist-photos-x.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2293" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jp1-marilyn-monroe-statue-tacky-tourist-photos-x.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="370" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by John Picken (Click for larger image).</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>(Marilyn Monroe is supposed to be towering over Chicago until the spring of 2012. She replaces the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/symbiosis/3263807547/" target="_blank">American Gothic couple</a> in Tribune Towers Plaza.)</em></span></p>
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		<title>Warning to Cher: The pitfalls of plastic surgery</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUBMITTED BY: Gerry Cronin   LOCATION: Canobie Lake Park, Salem, NH (2011) Sonny &#38; Cher, icons of cheesy 1970s entertainment, would be horrified by how they are being immortalized in a New Hampshire amusement park. The late Congressman Bono looks like one of those overstuffed pantyhose puppets. And Cher&#8217;s hair looks like vinyl siding. No amount [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2242" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sonny-and-Cher-Tacky-Tourist-Photos-3x.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2242" title="Sonny and Cher Tacky Tourist Photos 3x" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sonny-and-Cher-Tacky-Tourist-Photos-3x.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Belting out the classics with Sonny and Cher.</p></div>
<p><strong>SUBMITTED BY:</strong> Gerry Cronin   <strong>LOCATION:</strong> Canobie Lake Park, Salem, NH (2011)</p>
<p>Sonny &amp; Cher, icons of cheesy 1970s entertainment, would be horrified by how they are being immortalized in a New Hampshire amusement park.</p>
<p>The late Congressman Bono looks like one of those overstuffed pantyhose puppets.</p>
<div id="attachment_2240" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sonny-and-Cher-Tacky-tourist-photos-1-x.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2240" title="Sonny and Cher Tacky-tourist-photos-1 x" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sonny-and-Cher-Tacky-tourist-photos-1-x.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="475" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">U.S. Rep. Sonny Bono (R-Calif).</p></div>
<p>And Cher&#8217;s hair looks like vinyl siding. No amount of plastic surgery could defame her more.</p>
<div id="attachment_2241" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sonny-and-Cher-tacky-tourist-photos-2xjpg.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2241" title="Sonny and Cher-tacky-tourist-photos 2x,jpg" src="http://tackytouristphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sonny-and-Cher-tacky-tourist-photos-2xjpg.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="493" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I Got You Babe? Click on the image to see the full horror.</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;">Hey Donny &amp; Marie, aren&#8217;t you glad you&#8217;re not enshrined in the Canobie Lake Music Hall of Fame?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>(Gerry Cronin is a Massachusetts utility company worker with a soft spot for bell bottoms and tight plaster turtlenecks.)</em></span></p>
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