The land of shiny happy people

Shiny happy people laughing
Meet me in the crowd
People people
Throw your love around
Love me love me
Take it into town
Happy happy
Put it in the ground
Where the flowers grow
Gold and silver shine



Everyone around love them, love them
Put it in your hands
Take it take it
There's no time to cry
Happy happy
Put it in your heart
Where tomorrow shines
Gold and silver shine

Bruno Schmitz and the Giant Gothic Phallus

Did you know that Bruno Schmitz (1858-1916) was Germany's foremost architect of national monuments? He's the architect of Indianpolis' Soldier's and Sailor's Monument (1902).

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In Europe, Mr. Bruno designed a monument in 1897 (the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal) for Kaiser-Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire and the guy who led Germany into defeat in World War I:



He designed a score of other large and imposing phallic monuments.

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This is Willy II. He's dapper. Hitler called, he wants his moustache back: