Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Baby-foot géant

Giant table football in a canal, LivornoLooking at this you may rightly suspect that some of the Livornesi are speaking with forked tongue professing their love for France.This is a giant table football installed in a canal of our Venezia to reenact the 2006 World Cup final, when Italy won over France.Giant table football in a canal, LivornoThe players look slightly stoned and their respective tricolors are obviously upside down, but the ultimate affront to our transalpine cousins was to rename this place “Fosso Platini”.

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18 comments:

  1. HalcyonAugust 3, 2011 at 12:41 AM

    Funny! In English we call "babyfoot" "fussball" but in German it's "kicker"!
    In any case, these are quite cute. ;)

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  2. Luis GomezAugust 3, 2011 at 12:47 AM

    This is wonderful VP! I want one of these here in DC! Just thinking where would it be a good place! ;)

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  3. Stefan JanssonAugust 3, 2011 at 1:27 AM

    Your favorite festival continues!

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  4. AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 1:36 AM

    :) And I always thought about it just as a game.

    Please have a good Wednesday.

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  5. DinaAugust 3, 2011 at 7:42 AM

    What an idea!

    Your commentary makes it even funnier.

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  6. cieldequimperAugust 3, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    Hmmmmmmm.... The final affront is too funny.

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  7. ElettraAugust 3, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    Geniale e davvero divertente!!!

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  8. PerthDailyPhotoAugust 3, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    Just been reading about this festival VP sounds like a lot of fun and many photo ops!

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  9. jooAugust 3, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    They are so funny:)

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  10. Cezar and LéiaAugust 3, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    First time that I see something like that, it's very creative, I love this idea!
    Léia

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  11. JackAugust 3, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    This is pretty unusual, but I like it.

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  12. BirdmanAugust 3, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    Oh wow! At first I thought it had some subtle meaning. Now I see the only thing missing is a couple of players and beer!

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  13. Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.comAugust 3, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    wow, quite an art installation. interesting

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  14. EG CameraGirlAugust 3, 2011 at 7:45 PM

    Someone went to a lot of trouble to have this fun!

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  15. AriannaAugust 3, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    Che bello ricordare quella finale! Ganzo davvero il biliardino sul fosso...Platini! Da juventina non dovrei ma ci godooooo! Ciao, Arianna

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  16. Lois EvensenAugust 3, 2011 at 9:51 PM

    Hi VP,

    So very cool. :) Love the images.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog. It's nice to meet you.

    We've been to Livorno many times via ship. It's fun to see your images.

    Best,
    Lois

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  17. KaoriAugust 4, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    Very very interesting idea! I like the reflection in the water :D

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  18. UnknownAugust 6, 2011 at 12:54 AM

    Now this is really cool and what great reflections in the bottom pic.

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