russian spa opens monument to the enema

[Amby 490]

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) --

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."

The Caucasus Mountains region is known for dozens of spas where enemas with water from mineral springs are routinely administered to treat digestive and other complaints.

Kharchenko, 50, said the monument cost $42,000 and was installed in a square in front of his spa on Wednesday. A banner declaring: "Let's beat constipation and sloppiness with enemas" — an allusion to a line from "The Twelve Chairs," a famous Soviet film comedy — was posted on one of the spa's walls.

Sculptor Svetlana Avakina said she designed the 5-foot-high monument with "irony and humor" and modeled the angels on those in works by Italian Renaissance painter Alessandro Botticelli.

"This device is eternal, it will never change," she told the AP. "We could promote this brand, turn it into a franchise with souvenirs and awards for medical doctors."

Dozens of monuments dedicated to characters from tall tales and popular jokes have been erected in post-Soviet Russia.

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[mawilson 2,133]

#######?

[Amby 490]

My exact thought as well! By the looks on the faces of those nurses they may have some enemas up there right now.

[natty bumppo 297]

trying to tell us something ....

[Empress of Groovy 373]

Sweet!

I read about this earlier and thought about posting it, but then feared I'd be typecast.

I'm making a pilgrimage to that spa!

[eric&gen 0]

looks like a long thin ####### with huge balls.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

looks like a long thin ####### with huge balls.

I see you're back in action after dental surgery!

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

looks like a long thin ####### with huge balls.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Colonics were never this easy.

[almaty 19]

damn, sister joyce i am going with you...

[pedroh 21]

looks like a long thin ####### with huge balls.

always with a #### on your mind

[almaty 19]

hermano, you don"t ahve to be freud to figure that one out...

[Ilya R. 0]

damn russians

[Niels Bohr 72]

Russians are dammed.

[Dr. Obvious 49]

Aren't there better ways to waste $42k?