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Title: Russian spa opens monument to the enema
Post by: bijou on June 20, 2008, 12:07:32 PM

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A monument to the enema, a procedure many people would rather not think about, has been unveiled at a spa in the southern Russian city of Zheleznovodsk. The bronze syringe bulb, which weighs 800 pounds and is held by three angels, was unveiled at the Mashuk-Akva Term spa, the spa's director said Thursday.

"There is no kitsch or obscenity, it is a successful work of art," Alexander Kharchenko told The Associated Press. "An enema is almost a symbol of our region."

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(http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/06/20/ba-russia_enema_mo_0498657010.jpg)

link (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/06/19/international/i120529D79.DTL)

Hope people go and visit this. It would be a bummer if it didn't increase tourism.  :-)

Title: Re: Russian spa opens monument to the enema
Post by: Chris_ on June 20, 2008, 12:52:09 PM

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An enema is almost a symbol of our region

They are from New Orleans?

Title: Re: Russian spa opens monument to the enema
Post by: asdf2231 on June 20, 2008, 01:25:42 PM

I predict it will be a big washout!

Title: Re: Russian spa opens monument to the enema
Post by: JohnnyReb on June 20, 2008, 01:50:03 PM

What a pain in the ass.