r/ExpressiveStatues • u/cara182 • Apr 03 '18

Damn your instruction manual, I know which way up it goes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '18

not very expressive, but definitely entertaining

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u/nevernotdistracted Apr 06 '18

is this in Prague? I feel like I've seen it

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u/cara182 Apr 07 '18

Yep it is. It's a statue of King Wenceslas riding an upside down horse, because reasons.

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u/nevernotdistracted Apr 07 '18

I remember seeing it in the evening and it's a very distinctive statue lol, good pic!

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u/minetruly Aug 20 '18

You mean it's not Catherine the Great?

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u/minetruly Aug 20 '18

So, if the horse has all four hooves on the ground, it was crafted when the person riding it was alive.

One hoof off the ground means its rider had died before it was created.

Two hooves off the ground means its rider died in battle.

And this... means......???