It's fra gee lay - Shoot your eye out classic leg statue uproar

[packman]

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – A new sculpture in Polk County has people doing a double-take.




It’s the annual sculpture exhibit in downtown Lakeland and one of those sculptures is getting mixed reviews.

The leg lamp sculpture, called “I’ll Shoot Your Eye Out,” is based on the 1983 movie, “A Christmas Story,” and it certainly is raising a lot of eyebrows


http://wfla.com/2017/02/23/lakeland-leg-lamp-sculpture-creating-controversy/

For a few laffs:

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[mnmoderatedem]

1. still one of the funniest movies I've ever seen

never get tired of it.

[blue sky at night]

4. If you haven't checked him out...

the author of the short story it was based on...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd

[mnmoderatedem]

8. I actually have read all of his books.

his humor is very dated, but still very funny!

[blue sky at night]

2. It was a Major Award....

well, that's what I heard.

[underpants]

3. It could be a bowling alley. I don't know.

[Brother Buzz]

5. I think Fra-gee-lay would have been a better title

Hell, that lamp was instant Americana kitsch, and would totally make a statement in Craftsman period living room, right next to my prized stuffed armadillo, Owen Meany.

[Takket]

6. shouldn't it be called "You'll shoot your eye out"?

[patricia92243]

7. That is what I thought. As it is, I couldn't even remember what they were talking about. I live

close to Lakeland and think I'll drive up there and see the sculptures. Sounds like fun.