Things you wouldn't have in the house
Discussion
I don't mean Keri Katona,although that would be understandable, I mean things which we now see as politically incorrect.
I am a bit of an antique junkie and sometimes you see things which I like and think are just indicative of the times they were created. Others might not see it like that. For example you opften see taxidermy of animals now considered endangered, big cat rugs, ivory, elephant's foot stools, pictures made from real bird feathers, old Golly Wogs etc .
The latest thing I have taken a real liking to are the full sized Blackamoor figures of Black and Indian slaves and servants. I see them as nice antiques made in different times which remind us of how previous generations saw other people, and bloody good value as the PC brigade frown on them. Even though I work often in the equal ops/diversity field I am not offended by Golly Wogs and the old negro money boxes because again, they are a part of my history and culture as much as the images they might represent are part of the history of black people. I don't get offended by seeing servant bells knowing my gran was in service and not very well treated, or miners' lamps knowing that my ancestors might have been exploited and even died for a rich mine owner to build a fine house. I just see them as trinkets of a bygone age which brought us to where we are today.
So where do you draw the line on what you would have in the house?
Four Cofffee said:
I don't get offended by seeing servant bells knowing my gran was in service and not very well treated, or miners' lamps knowing that my ancestors might have been exploited and even died for a rich mine owner to build a fine house.
you were doing alright until this bit, wtf?in answer though, i don't draw a line. even katona is welcome as long as she doesn't mind dealing with the consequences.
Four Cofffee said:
I mean things which we now see as politically incorrect.
Personally I would take huge pleasure at anything in my place being politically incorrect. I've always wanted to have the front half of a badger or deer sticking out of one wall while its arse protrudes from the other side of the wall. People will be able to say things like "he must've been going like a rocket when he hit that wall"I have a replica shrunken head, and (shock horror) it is not the head of a caucasian but that of an indigenous African gentleman.
Another thing I wouldn't have in the house is a council tax revaluation inspector. They'd be thrown out of an upstairs window while admiring the view.
I was at an auction one day where one of the lots was a leather cased set of 6 Third Reich champagne flutes, complete with swastika engraved on each one. Absolutely mint condition.
Probably looted by an allied army person, so survived completely intact.
I though they were fascinating, and the hammer fell at about £150 which I though was a bargain.
Unfortunately, Mrs Maser refused to have them in the house, otherwise I would have been bidding!
Probably looted by an allied army person, so survived completely intact.
I though they were fascinating, and the hammer fell at about £150 which I though was a bargain.
Unfortunately, Mrs Maser refused to have them in the house, otherwise I would have been bidding!
king voodooists.
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