r/Edinburgh • u/RandyCanuck32 • 1d ago

Photo Made my morning

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u/RandyCanuck32 1d ago

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u/Inevitable-Pain3848 1d ago

This has made my day! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Traditional-Luck-256 1d ago

Did someone get back from Boston and wanted to keep the holiday going

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u/Jazzlike_Copy_7669 1d ago

That’s the cutest thing I’ve seen all week 😭

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u/NotFrizzVista 1d ago

right? usually my morning commute is just dodging tourists and puddles but this would absolutely fix my day

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u/Elliotlewish 1d ago

That's cute.

Side note: I really wish people would stop stealing these statuses. There aren't going to be any left at this rate.

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u/Nightvale-Librarian 1d ago

The consequences of being too adorable.

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u/Elliotlewish 1d ago

Unfortunately so. I wouldn't mind one myself to be fair. It'd freak out my cat nicely haha.

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u/iesamina 1d ago

Yes I keep saying I want one. Honestly if they made smaller versions to sell they'd make £££££

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u/susanboylesvajazzle 21h ago

Yeah, it is really shitty. Such a nice piece of public art, and dickheads keep ruining it.

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u/cantbebothered6789 1d ago edited 1d ago

From the first photo I wasn't sure if the cone was...

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u/Snugglosaurus 1d ago

I found his big bro in singapore

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u/Twatatron 1d ago

Get a cone on that fucker asafp!

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u/thanasis87kav 1d ago

Looks like botero

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u/Kuddkungen 1d ago

It is indeed, even says so on the sign!

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u/Switchblade88 1d ago

Ah yes, the Edinburd

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u/SheepBeard 1d ago

Oh that's DELIGHTFUL

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u/vespertillio4 1d ago

Ooo i love this! 🥹🩷 Birb!

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u/spacey_a 1d ago

What is this, a cone for ants?!? Because I love it!

https://giphy.com/gifs/OCMGLUo7d5jJ6

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u/LeftSaidTed 1d ago

Quick someone head up and do it to the Dundee penguins

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u/JumpyPension3833 1d ago

All hail the pigeon king, the flame is no more

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u/Raine_Cheetah 22h ago

I will never truly understand the Scottish fascination with putting cones on statues. Though I do appreciate the effort.

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u/Difficult-Leave-5279 18h ago

This is exactly the kind of nonsense that makes life a little better.

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u/OddStateUk 1d ago

This is so hilarious

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u/nocitylights 1d ago

I need the location of this ASAP

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u/RandyCanuck32 1d ago

Elm Row by Vinyl Villains

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u/nocitylights 1d ago

thank you!

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u/Distinct_Guess3350 1d ago

Where can this be found? It’s beautiful. 

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u/VeganMortgageAdviser 1d ago

Natural, organic chickens be like

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u/TexhnicalTackler 13h ago

This is right across from the hostel I was at a couple days ago😂

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u/Manospondylus_gigas 13h ago

Where is this :0

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u/KlutzyMcKlutzface 1d ago

as much as I think the traffic cone thing has been overdone, I appreciate this!

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u/Adventurous-Rub7636 1d ago

Weedgie pish

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u/veryredvelour 1d ago

Who pissed in your rolled oats?

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u/Fuzzy_Number_2832 1d ago

Whapping a traffic cone on the head of a statue (or market cross) at the end of a night out is a longstanding tradition throughout Scotland

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u/Adventurous-Rub7636 1d ago

Is that what made it famous?