Talking about statues, here’s one way Glasgow ‘commemorates’ the Duke of Wellington.

[Goonie]

Plans to end cone statue tradition

I know it’s an old news story, but amusing nonetheless.

 

[USincognito]

I first became aware of this a month ago and found the photos hilarious.

 

[DaisyDay]

From a petition against raising the statue's base:

"The cone on Wellington's head is an iconic part of Glasgow's heritage, and means far more to the people of Glasgow and to visitors than Wellington himself ever has.

"Raising the statue will, in any case, only result in people injuring themselves attempting to put the cone on anyway: does anyone really think that a raised plinth will deter drunk Glaswegians?"
keep the cone:

 

[SummerMadness]

I think this is a good compromise for Confederate monuments. Leave them up, but place big orange dunce caps on all of them with Yakkety Sax in the background.