It's almost painful, the contrast between Jones the Alpha and all those Betas. Me? Pure Alpha!
Ya hear that, Chip? Come back, Chip. Chip. Come back......shades of Brandon DeWilde.
Does anyone here remember Brandon? When I was going through Basic Training Brandon DeWilde was in the same outfit...for ten seconds. Then strings were pulled and no more Private DeWilde.
I live one suburb over from Oak Brook. It is a village of oversized mega-mansions built with new money. The nearby bike path runs into one of it's streets. The owner of one of the homes, a giant white job, has larded his property with these huge statues, I don't know if they're supposed to be chess pieces but there are two knights on horseback sitting on rearing horses that may be 3/4 life size. There is a giant fountain and column that looks like something Queen Victoria would have put up and there's a humongous copy of a statue of Michaelangelo's David on the front lawn. I always tell visitors it's the Jethro Bodine house. Here's a street view. You can't make out the statuary though.
Not attractive. Would not want to live in a mcmansion or have one in my neighborhood. If you want a status symbol, a Porsche is much less expensive and you can drive it around and show it off if that's your thing. A house just sits there so might as well have one that's comfortable for you and not manufactured to bland committee tastes. Maybe the crazy statues are the owner's way of customizing his mcmansion. Like, okay, this place is pretty generic so let's bring in some STATUES!
OMG, I just saw the front gate view. I was going to suggest a gated driveway in addition to the statues but I never considered STATUTES ON TOP OF THE GATE. Bravo, Sir.
Sixty, You'd love this. When Mr T. was in the dough he bought an estate in Lake Forest,Il (old money). Having grown up in the projects he cut down all the trees, including 100 year old ones, to give it that at home look. The neighboring swells weren't too happy.
There's an apocryphal story about the Beverly Hillbilly Mansion in Bel Air. The original owner commisioned it as a surprise gift to his wife. As they were heading up the driveway for the presentation the wife asked "Who would ever live in a house like this? It's so grandiose."
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No reason to go around insulting monkeys, just sayin'.
Or Monkees, for that matter.
Also doesn't the young Neil Young looks like a monkey?
Yeah. Now unsee this!
It's almost painful, the contrast between Jones the Alpha and all those Betas. Me? Pure Alpha!
Ya hear that, Chip? Come back, Chip. Chip. Come back......shades of Brandon DeWilde.
Does anyone here remember Brandon? When I was going through Basic Training Brandon DeWilde was in the same outfit...for ten seconds. Then strings were pulled and no more Private DeWilde.
https://cheezburger.com/9807365/design-fails-and-wins-from-the-world
Scroll down to the fourth one.
I never knew Stephen Stills could be so screechy.
CSNY did not young well.
I live one suburb over from Oak Brook. It is a village of oversized mega-mansions built with new money. The nearby bike path runs into one of it's streets. The owner of one of the homes, a giant white job, has larded his property with these huge statues, I don't know if they're supposed to be chess pieces but there are two knights on horseback sitting on rearing horses that may be 3/4 life size. There is a giant fountain and column that looks like something Queen Victoria would have put up and there's a humongous copy of a statue of Michaelangelo's David on the front lawn. I always tell visitors it's the Jethro Bodine house. Here's a street view. You can't make out the statuary though.
Here's a view of the front gate. you can see some of the statues, but I can't make out what they represent.
Deborah. I couldn't figure out what #4 was, I had to go to the original site IMGUR. Luckily the first comment explained it.
Forget the sculpture - what the fresh hell was done to that tree in the foreground - they topped it! Why???
The whole approach is unsightly, including the white gravel and rock mess.
Not attractive. Would not want to live in a mcmansion or have one in my neighborhood.
If you want a status symbol, a Porsche is much less expensive and you can drive it around and show it off if that's your thing. A house just sits there so might as well have one that's comfortable for you and not manufactured to bland committee tastes. Maybe the crazy statues are the owner's way of customizing his mcmansion. Like, okay, this place is pretty generic so let's bring in some STATUES!
OMG, I just saw the front gate view. I was going to suggest a gated driveway in addition to the statues but I never considered STATUTES ON TOP OF THE GATE. Bravo, Sir.
Sixty,
You'd love this. When Mr T. was in the dough he bought an estate in Lake Forest,Il (old money). Having grown up in the projects he cut down all the trees, including 100 year old ones, to give it that at home look. The neighboring swells weren't too happy.
Mr. T's 'Chainsaw Massacre'
There's an apocryphal story about the Beverly Hillbilly Mansion in Bel Air. The original owner commisioned it as a surprise gift to his wife. As they were heading up the driveway for the presentation the wife asked "Who would ever live in a house like this? It's so grandiose."
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