Monday, February 23, 2009

Baby it's just you I'm thinkin' of



If you've been to Brussels, Belgium, you've likely seen the Manneken Pis (Dutch for Little Pee Man) because, y'know, nothing washes down those famous waffles and frites quite like faux urine.

He's been taking a whizz now since the 15th century, with competing legends behind his origin. (My favorite: a young lad witnessed foreign attackers planting an explosive charge, and peed on the burning fuse to save the city. Me, I get gun shy in a public restroom. What a kid!)

So besides peeing in public, what does he have to do with The King? Well, they often dress him in one of several hundred costumes, from a Tibetan Monk to Mozart to Nelson Mandela to Santa Claus. I was lucky enough to have caught him in the above-pictured Fat Elvis bejeweled white jumpsuit. Talk about a #1 hit!

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