Althouse: "Lenin's 3.5 tonne head will now be transported from the forest to west Berlin's Spandau Citadelle museum..."

September 10, 2015

"Lenin's 3.5 tonne head will now be transported from the forest to west Berlin's Spandau Citadelle museum..."

"... to be included in an exhibition about German monuments. It is the only part of the statue to be excavated."

8 comments:

madAsHell said...: There's a Lenin statue here in Seattle. It's in the Fremont neighborhood. The neighborhood was full of bikers, and unemployed fishermen. You could get your ass kicked for looking the wrong way.

Now, it's full of hipsters paying exorbitant HOA fees.; 9/10/15, 8:49 AM
CWJ said...: That's a very interesting story about Seattle's Lenin statue. Thanks for the link.

I was going to write some predictable snark to the effect that Eastern Europe has no use for Lenin, but Seattle does. However, the complete story is more interesting than that.; 9/10/15, 9:32 AM
tim maguire said...: How about some snark about what we'll one day do with Obama's 3.5 tonne head?; 9/10/15, 9:42 AM
Scott said...: "Ton vs. tonne. In American English, a ton is a unit of measurement equaling 2,000 pounds. In non-U.S. measurements, a ton equals 2,240 pounds. A tonne, also known as a metric ton, is a unit of mass equaling 1,000 kilograms."

grammarist.com; 9/10/15, 9:49 AM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: A tonne, also known as a metric ton, is a unit of mass equaling 1,000 kilograms.

Should be a megagram. What's the point of standard prefixes if you're not gonna use them?; 9/10/15, 10:06 AM
William said...: For quite a long time it was politically correct to revere Lenin and mock Harding. Something like the Obama/ Bush dichotomy in our generation.; 9/10/15, 10:30 AM
mikee said...: As long as any passerby can spit on the giant head, or urinate on it, or decorate it with feces, I have no objection to its inclusion in any exhibit.; 9/10/15, 11:24 AM
Zach said...: Shortly after the wall came down, this statue was the subject of one of the most haunting graffiti pieces I've ever seen

http://www.lebigmac.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/smiDC0a.jpg

"Beim naechstes mal wird alles besser" means "next time, everything will be better."; 9/10/15, 11:42 PM