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I do not see how the following entrance is profanity... I think "Wikiolap" is being a bit prude. The bridge is actually nicknamed this by the many Russians. I was notified this by our 50yr old FEMALE Russian tour guide who didn't have any issues with the nickname and what it represented. I believe it adds even more character to the beautiful bridge.
The Bridge is jokingly called "The Bridge of Eighteen Balls" by some in St. Petersburg. The reason being that even though there are 4 horses X 4 male tamers totalling 16 balls (aka...testicles) the addition of two balls comes from the fact that a policeman was and still is often present to guard the sculptures from vandalism.
I will readd it...sans thw word testicles. If you have issue with this perhaps only the wording needs to be edited but these are the interesting portions of life which SHOULD NOT BE SIMPLY DELETED AND CENSORED because you disagree with the term.
20seven 17:03, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
The photos of the four horse-tamers are incorrect. The first two are of the same statue, while one of the statues (the one on the north-west corner of the bridge) is missing. Intelligent Mr Toad ( talk) 07:16, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
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I do not see how the following entrance is profanity... I think "Wikiolap" is being a bit prude. The bridge is actually nicknamed this by the many Russians. I was notified this by our 50yr old FEMALE Russian tour guide who didn't have any issues with the nickname and what it represented. I believe it adds even more character to the beautiful bridge.
The Bridge is jokingly called "The Bridge of Eighteen Balls" by some in St. Petersburg. The reason being that even though there are 4 horses X 4 male tamers totalling 16 balls (aka...testicles) the addition of two balls comes from the fact that a policeman was and still is often present to guard the sculptures from vandalism.
I will readd it...sans thw word testicles. If you have issue with this perhaps only the wording needs to be edited but these are the interesting portions of life which SHOULD NOT BE SIMPLY DELETED AND CENSORED because you disagree with the term.
20seven 17:03, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
The photos of the four horse-tamers are incorrect. The first two are of the same statue, while one of the statues (the one on the north-west corner of the bridge) is missing. Intelligent Mr Toad ( talk) 07:16, 25 February 2014 (UTC)