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very well , you force me to post an image of a Roman with a chicken on his head.

 

Should we have a caption competition?

 

This is in the Sisitine chapel , in the area marked "strictly no photography"

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no its not a chicken ..looks a bit gryphon like to me ..but id still feel silly wearing it.On the other hand the chap on the left has a nice selection of assorted blooms on his helmet, handy for startling the Gauls I suppose...

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Why is it no photography?

Totally forbidden anywhere in the building! Presume they dont want anyone a. "casing the joint" and 2. causing damage to photosensitive items . In fairness she didnt see the notices till after taking the photo.

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Why is it no photography?

Totally forbidden anywhere in the building! Presume they dont want anyone a. "casing the joint" and 2. causing damage to photosensitive items . In fairness she didnt see the notices till after taking the photo.

 

Also, any photo or print images since the restoration are still copyrighted by the Japanese firm (Sony, I think), who chiefly footed the restoration bill. I think the deal lasts another 5 years or so. I can't remember the details.

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no its not a chicken ..looks a bit gryphon like to me ..but id still feel silly wearing it.On the other hand the chap on the left has a nice selection of assorted blooms on his helmet, handy for startling the Gauls I suppose...

 

Actually, I think the practive of putting animal forms on the tops of helmets started with the Celts. They had some crazy ones with boars and birds and one that had a big bird with flapping wings on a perch up there.

 

My caption:

 

"What the hell is this frilly thing? you've been shopping in Athens again haven't you Claudius?"

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The boar is certainly a popular ancient motif-wild pigs being very dangerous critters.

Good start with the captions there-drawing attention to the effeminate nature of the decadent east...

I thought " You know , since I got this helmet I keep getting terrible migraines"

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yet more effeminacy!

 

I mean look at them! Forget their dress, the body language alone makes it very hard to put stoic words in their mouths...

 

And I must add that I'm hearing these captions spoken in Graham Chapman's 'Bigus Dickus' voice... :(

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