I have seen this one floating around and it has shown up in my inbox a couple times. I have to assume that it is staged. Is this good or bad design? ;-)

- Brent

Depends on your nieghbor...

Was this in Robert Crumb's garden?

Yeah, is that a model of Shuman the Human?

That reminds me of the works of our departed (from GardenWeb) comrade, Michelle in zonal denial. She has developed topiaries that push the envelope and leave me with a smile. I miss her wit - both verbal and horticultural.

So we are now witless? That scene is bad design because it's mostly a boring expanse of grass broken by objects that have to be mown around, worst of these the fence (look at the bottom of it, where it meets the grass--yikes!).

Maybe that's the point, Bboy. The expanse of clipped turf makes "moon man" stand out all the more. But our Michelle would have tucked him into a sea of exotic foliage, with his derriere emerging oh-so-subtly from the jungle.

I'm going to dig him up before then and plant him here, where I recently noticed one of the neighbors "behind" us had reached over our fence and cut off part of my black bamboo--presumably so he can see across our place better. Might as well give him something to look at. This would also return the favor for putting brown plastic slats through our fence without asking us soon after moving in--they gave us something new to look at, why not do likewise?

I'd be pulling those plastic slats out and making them go away. And adding a framed lattice panel on top of the fence to make it 8' tall. Maybe topped with glass bottles broken and jagged at the top. The nerve of some people.

Ones like that I don't call neighbors. They are just "abutters." And maybe a "butt" is what they need staring back at them through the hole in your P. nigra.

Oh to be Edward Scissorhands! I have some neighbors that could use this daily reminder of what I think about them and the state they keep their property in. Could we not make this out of plastic and sell them? We'd all be rich and famous, we'd go on Oprah's show & perhaps even the Queen could purchase one for her new daughter-in-law. The possibilities are endless. Two big green "thumbs up" for the creator of this beauty!

Greenlydia, that's brilliant! Artificial topiary with a message. "Say it with Topiary" will be the slogan.
We could mass produce those "moon men" and rake in the moola.

Hmmmmm. Gives me an idea for my sprinkler system.

Weedeater!!! Oh no. ROFLMAO.

Patty

lol @ weedeater's remark.

Well ya know, those fountains with the peeing cherubs were all the rage in 19th century estate gardens, so why not take it to the next level. A revolving cherub. Or, cut to the chase and just buy the part you need for the sprinkler head. Those adult catalogues always have 'em.