The Naked Truth OPEN THREAD

“Visitors in their bikinis leave their clothing in the cloakroom of the Leopold Museum in Vienna, on Friday, July 29, 2005.

“Dozens of arts patrons visited the museum wearing little or no clothing, lured by an offer of free admission if they came to the museum in the spirit of ‘The Naked Truth’, an exhibition of 1900s erotic artworks.” (AP Photo/Lilli Strauss)

18 Comments

alohaleezy on July 30, 2005 at 2:11 pm

Hey there everyone. Hope you are all having a good weekend so far. Quick question…Anyone experiencing problems getting the comments threads that are under diaries to display?

Emma Anne on July 30, 2005 at 2:35 pm

Where’s the beefcake? We ladies (and gay men) appreciate “art” too, you know! 🙂

Janet Strange on July 30, 2005 at 4:55 pm

Over at EuroTrib they have some actual naked people on display with their version of this story – one of each gender. As a heterosexual female, the guy doesn’t do anything for me. Go look and see what you think.

I can’t speak for the gay guys.
- Mnemosyne on July 30, 2005 at 6:37 pm
  
  Agreed, Janet. I looked at the EuroTrib picture, thought both people in it looked rather silly. So do the bikini women in the picture here.
  
  The only reason humans get away with going about in “bathing suits” is that we’ve all been conditioned not to laugh out loud, at them or us.
- Emma Anne on July 30, 2005 at 7:32 pm
  
  🙂 Well, I wouldn’t call the guy beefcake exactly, but more power to him!

BooMan on July 30, 2005 at 3:13 pm

I turned off the Crispads. They seemed to be slowing down the site dramatically.

Janet Strange on July 30, 2005 at 5:10 pm

over at Eurotrib? Dramatic slowdown over there now.

ejmw on July 30, 2005 at 3:18 pm

And they live in my town!

These are strange, strange days in and around downtown Ann Arbor.

Passers-by at Selo/Shevel Gallery do a double-take when they notice the 7-inch tall residential door on the building’s exterior. Around the corner at Sweetwaters Cafe, a fairy who goes by the name of Penelope the Yellow left a journal entry suggesting the entire Sweetwaters staff get a raise. Just outside The Peaceable Kingdom, a tiny replica of the shop’s front door has twice had spare change left on the porch.

The “fairy doors,” complete with sill, trim and brass hardware, have been appearing at businesses since spring. Each has architectural and other details that mimic the style of their building.

Read more here!

Nanette on July 30, 2005 at 5:50 pm

How fun! If they ever put up pictures anywhere, I hope you’ll link to them.

That guy’s house (with all the fairy doors and staircases) sounds really cool too. Well, as long as mice don’t think they were built just for them.
- ejmw on July 30, 2005 at 5:57 pm
  
  I’m thinking about heading downtown and taking some pictures myself! I’ve never noticed them before, but then I don’t go downtown often either…
  - Nanette on July 30, 2005 at 6:12 pm
    
    Oh, please do! (when you get time, of course). I think it’s really unfair for them to print the story without pictures. UNLESS… it’s not a very late April Fool’s joke, is it?
    - ejmw on July 30, 2005 at 7:11 pm
      
      I just got back from a fact-finding mission…my observations confirm the earlier intelligence!
      
      I only found one of them though…I didn’t look too hard for the others.
      
      And a closer-view:
      
      That is so awesome 😀
    - Nanette on July 30, 2005 at 8:31 pm
      
      Wow, how cool is that! LOL, that is so cute. And what a fun way of bringing people into the downtown area. Well, until the first fairy is actually sighted…
      
      Thanks for getting the pictures!