Friday, March 08, 2019

Manneken Pis@400; But Could Have Been @4000...

#MannekenPis400 

Wikipedia informs:

"Manneken Pis, meaning "Little Pisser" in Dutch, is a landmark small bronze sculpture (61 cm) in the centre of Brussels (Belgium), depicting a naked little boy urinating into a fountain's basin. It was designed by Hiëronymus Duquesnoy the Elder [nl] and put in place in 1618 or 1619...."


courtesy: Wikipedia

But I realized this milestone only when I saw the following cartoon

Artist: Maddie Die, The New Yorker, February 11 2019