Ladies, this is Cumil

18 September 2007

Cumil has slightly disturbing neon green eyes, but he’s also been run over a lot, so I think we can excuse him. He’s a bronze statue in Bratislava, but because he’s emerging from the ground, he’s been knocked about a bit by drivers and now the city have given him his own road sign to warn people that, yes, he’s still coming out of his sewer and looking up the ladies’ skirts.

There’s one wily street artist in Bratislava who paints himself bronze and sets himself up next to Cumil, posing in much the same way. Only if you drop a few coins into his waiting hat will he finally move, thanking you with a smile or nod and a thumbs-up. Unless you’re me. Then all it takes is for you to walk past and you get all manner of come-ons without spending a single koruna.