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| A companion piece celebrates his successful potty training. |
If you're interested in the truly pointless, we present this statue of Edgar Hernandez of La Gloria, Velacruz, Mexico; a five-year old boy who in 2009 was the first person to contract swine flu. Mind you, young Edgar got over it and is alive and kicking today. Meanwhile, the swine flu, though it has killed 14,000 people worldwide after several years, pales into insignificance compared to ordinary influenza that kills 36,000 people a year in the United States alone. With such little details added to the story, one suspects that the artist Bernardo Luis Lopez Artasanchez jumped the gun a bit by immortalising what was essentially a non-event.
Next up: I create a giant fresco to commemorate the discovery that Carl the Cattle Dog is allergic to fleas.
4 comments:
Allergic to fleas? The horror! Isn't there a plinth free at Trafalgar Square where one can erect something suitably grand?
My cat is very allergic to fleas and breaks out in these enormous scabs if I'm lax on the Frontline. So where's her goddamned statue, huh?
Or I'll take 50 grand in cash. Either way.
Nice to know that the little nipper's still with us.
So he still has a chance to swim to America for a free handout.
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