Jelly bean bull at Bullring, Birmingham
Monday, 24. December 2007, 11:41:03
Merry Christmas everyone! 
I meant to post this entry while I was in Brum, but I am a bit behind.
In Selfridge's Department Store in Bullring Shopping Centre, Birmingham, they installed this bull made from jelly beans.
There is a bronze statue exactly like this one in front of the Shopping Centre, and this is an edible replica.
This is a closer shot of the face: it is really well made.
Obviously there are jelly beans on sale below the bull.
As it is a very expensive sculpture, there always someone watching over it.
Hiding behind shelves, I secretly took a photo of the guardman. I wrote an arrow so that you can see him well. He was wary of my suspicious behaviour
Interesting job that is: guardman of jelly bean bull.
Happy Christmas to him, too.
I meant to post this entry while I was in Brum, but I am a bit behind.
In Selfridge's Department Store in Bullring Shopping Centre, Birmingham, they installed this bull made from jelly beans.
There is a bronze statue exactly like this one in front of the Shopping Centre, and this is an edible replica.
This is a closer shot of the face: it is really well made.
Obviously there are jelly beans on sale below the bull.
As it is a very expensive sculpture, there always someone watching over it.
Hiding behind shelves, I secretly took a photo of the guardman. I wrote an arrow so that you can see him well. He was wary of my suspicious behaviour
Interesting job that is: guardman of jelly bean bull.
Happy Christmas to him, too.
It would have taken a long time to make and lots of glue! I wonder who gets to take it home when the shop doesn't want it anymore...
By galadriel, # 27. December 2007, 09:21:35
If the shop has to employ one person to keep an eye on it, it would cost like 15,000 pounds per year at least, so I don't think the bull will live for ever. It is a kind of white elephant for the Thais.
By tabatakayoko, # 27. December 2007, 11:47:47
We have big things in Australia too. If a town is very boring and wants to attract some tourists, they will build something very big; a big orange, a big banana, a big fish, a big sheep...
By galadriel, # 27. December 2007, 22:29:38
In UK, towns that attract tourists now either hold music festival or food festival; the latter particulary in fashion now.
By tabatakayoko, # 28. December 2007, 00:59:45