Despite having left London in September 2005, I still have yet to upload all the photos from the year I spent there. Here’s a few from the popular London tourist attraction, Madame Tussauds wax museum, otherwise known as the most famous “tourist trap” in the city. Crystal and I went there one late summer afternoon after spending the day stuck inside the library working on our dissertations.
The staff has a lot of fun arranging the wax figures according to the most recent tabloid headlines. When we visited, Brad Pitt was separated from Jennifer Aniston and moved next to Angelina Jolie. Scandalous, indeed.
Brad Pitt’s wax figure is “pinchable.” Other wax figures, such as Vladimir Putin are not.
OMGWTF Ronald Reagan is back from the dead
Crystal passing along a few military secrets to Putin
A metrosexual, pink shirt-wearing John Wayne
George Clooney, such a romantic guy
“Uh, I dunno, Napoleon. You really think invading Russia is such a good idea?”
“UN, you have a problem with that? You know what you should do? You should sanction me. Sanction me with your army. Oh!! Wait a minute! You don’t have an army! I guess that means you need to STFU!” (obligatory Chappelle’s Show reference)
I met him after Rumsfeld did
Madame Tussauds is more than just wax figures, however. We went into the Chamber of Horrors which was like a haunted house – really scary and made us scream a lot and we ran through it as quickly as possible. The guy dressed up as Hannibal Lecter kept following us, which was totally bizarre. After that we went on the “Spirit of London” ride where you sit in this little black cab and are taken on a ride through 400 years of London’s history. This includes the plague, which is represented by animatronic rats nibbling on dead bodies, and an Austin Powers-ish conclusion starring a psychedelic, rotating Queen Elizabeth.
The last stop on our visit to Madame Tussauds was the planetarium. Yes, a planetarium. It was educational, but after it was over we were like “What does that have to do with celebrity wax figures?”
I know that after reading this, you are all ready to buy a ticket to London so you can see the wax museum for yourself. Well, come Fall 2007, you’ll just have to ride the red/orange/blue lines to Metro Center in order to visit Washington’s very own Madame Tussauds!
The $16 million project, now in design, is slated to include replicas of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence; interactive experiences involving the history of Washington; and a replica of the Oval Office, where visitors can have their picture taken. President Abraham Lincoln is the designated “greeter,” so his likeness is likely to be the first visitors see upon entering.
Replicas of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence? Who needs to see the real things anyways?
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From Laura:
Thank god we’re going to be able to take our highly reliable metro system there. How long do you think Dubya’s wax figure lasts before being vandalized?
From Cincysundevil:
I like how Saddam is wearing a US Army issue gun belt. Maybe a small political dig in that one? Great Chappelle’s Show reference … now I need to know if they had a figure of Rick James stomping muddy feet on a couch.
From El Capitan:
Sweet! How many folks caught Lindsay’s reference to ‘Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure’?
Only she could pull that off with the Napoleon Dude.
From nabil:
i am muslim and i have a few words to say it
all peaople on the earthe must be sure and certain that islam will win in the future there is no god but allh
allaho akbar foever . god blessing u saddam. viva saddam hussein
From LIo:
wow, u are a dumbass
what does you being muslim have to do with saddam Hussein being a physoc systematic, communistic, dictating, Killer of people?
get real
From MAHMOOD BIN RAZZAK:
allaho akbar foever . god blessing u saddam. viva saddam hussein & bush is terrarist
From moiz kapasi:
wow saddam husssain
this is great persoen
after he is lion of my heart & before he is lion of my heart
From iman:
mahmoodand moiz youtoo can fofuckyourselfs that guy was nothing but a dick like youtoo
From Kenza:
God Bless u Saddam hussein , the greatest man ever !
if u are dead , we still love and respect you since our death !
you make us been proud cuz we are arabic and muslim ,,,
Allahou aKbar !
From Ruben:
cool