25 June 2013

Oh no, Tasmania has started on the Skywhale

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Canberra’s noblest ambassador has recently made a visit to the Dark Mofo festival in Hobart and, as always, haters have ended up hating.

City alderman Annette Waddle says it is suggestive and offensive to women.

Alderman Waddle told a council meeting on Monday she was not amused by the display.

“There were 16 great breasts hanging down from this whale, which didn’t even look like a whale, and it was on display for anybody to see,” she said.

“I don’t think it was funny.”

Poor Skywhale, we still love you.

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Gungahlin Al1:43 pm 27 Jun 13

Watson said :

Maybe that was the Skywhale’s cunning plan all along. When they start slagging it off in other states, Canberrans will all band together in her defence. That’s how it generally works, isn’t it? Just like we call Canberra “Australia’s best kept secret” and such when it is being criticised.

You could be onto something! 🙂

I think someone should make a skyflounder with a giant schlong.

Seconded. There are breasts everywhere these days, and not enough penises.

I really wish I’d been able to make dark MOFO – tassie puts on a great party. Sigh.

smiling politely12:07 pm 26 Jun 13

With a nod to David Pope, is anyone consoling Carpzilla and his broken heart?

Maybe that was the Skywhale’s cunning plan all along. When they start slagging it off in other states, Canberrans will all band together in her defence. That’s how it generally works, isn’t it? Just like we call Canberra “Australia’s best kept secret” and such when it is being criticised.

trevar said :

Zounds! Breasts! Avert thine eyes lest thou beest offended! The antichrist has most certainly been thrust upon the pristine shores of Taswegia!

Come on, you need to cut them some slack. You can’t expect Taswegians to be as urbane or worldly as your average Queanbeyanite or Collectortarian. I’m sure it is a little shocking and new.

Holden Caulfield9:19 am 26 Jun 13

“which didn’t even look like a whale…”

That’s because it’s a SKYwhale darling, not a bog standard oceangoing whale. 😛

I’m slowly coming around to the charms of the skywhale, but if people are going to slag it off at least learn to count and/or have the decency to investigate what the artist was thinking (or not) when creating the work.

neanderthalsis8:57 am 26 Jun 13

Breasts are offensive to women?

Now I know why that Devil I saw in Hobart was wearing a bra…

Zounds! Breasts! Avert thine eyes lest thou beest offended! The antichrist has most certainly been thrust upon the pristine shores of Taswegia!

Not only can she not count, I would dispute the “great breasts”.

no. we don’t. i don’t get the “offensive to women” bit, though. had he said “ugly” i’d agree. skywhale is a bad joke at our expense.

She clearly cannot count or her second head was doing some of the counting too. The Skywhale has only 10 breasts.

Bubbalo_Bill6:37 pm 25 Jun 13

Skywhale has ten … where did the other six breasts come from?

Blen_Carmichael6:01 pm 25 Jun 13

But if there is one state in Australia where this was least likely to scare the locals…

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