From: normdeplume@Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid   
      
   Jeff Jonas wrote:   
   >> Check out the nice polish on the wall street bull's sack. Either they   
   >> left the patina off intentionally or somebody's been touching it. A lot.   
   >   
   > It's rubbed a lot, just like the Balto statue in Central Park.   
   > See "handling the shining orbs" in   
   >     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_Bull   
   > and the article at the end about touching statues of generals in general.   
   > The statue is by   
   >     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Di_Modica   
      
      
     As it was I was immediately reminded of a picture of a bronze statue   
   of a girl in the Paris cemetery where Jim Morrison is buried. The whole   
   thing is covered with verdigris except for her nipples, which are shined   
   up the same way.   
      
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