a green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head...
...full, pursed lips...and at their corners, sank into little folds, filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs."
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
he'd introduce himself, perhaps, but allow me to present
Ignatius J(acques) Reilly
Ignatius J(acques) Reilly
forever pissed off at us the imbeciles
and what may Ignatius be doing, you ask?
why. he'd be waiting for his mother:
" In the shadow under the green visor of the cap, Ignatius J. Reilly's supercilious blue and yellow eyes looked down upon the other people waiting under the clock at D.H. Holmes department store, studying the crowd of people for signs of bad taste in dress."
under the clock? what clock, may you say.
well, it'd be this one ----------------------------------------->
and regardless the damages done upon his countenance by Fortuna's Wheel
under the clock? what clock, may you say.
well, it'd be this one ----------------------------------------->
and regardless the damages done upon his countenance by Fortuna's Wheel
Ignatius is apparently not averse
to the company of a pretty girl
go figure
or that of a handsome fellow
or that of a handsome fellow
edit 03/19/2007 @1420: added link to ACoD Wikipedia entry
Comments
I am very glad you introduced us to Ignatius! He sounds like a wonderful nut!
it was a blast to find and horse around with.
funnest/saddest thing (cant' decide). we spent ½ hour taking pictures and stuff and over 50 tourist must have come by and none seem to recognize the statue; the only ones who did were a trio of drunk (possibly homeless) fellas who came upon us as LordK was taking a pic of me with my arm over Ignatius, and began catcalling: "oooo girl, get yer paws of my man Ignatius! Ignatius don't let that girl use youuu!"
I believe Ignatius is pleased.
But that sculpture is marvellous. So realistic, I thought it was a real guy wearing metallic paint all over.
as you noted, the Vieux Carre and Garden district are OK. being the oldest settled parts of the city they were on higher ground. the rest? beyond fucked.
I will be writing a post about it; still have to sort through hundreds (no exaggeration) of pictures.
from Kevin the bartender at our hotel:
"we faked it through the last Mardi Gras (2005),
but never dreamed we'd be continuing to fake it by now"