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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 09:17 AM
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Butter-Elvis To Debut At State Fair
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DALLAS -- Hey, if you're going to make your art transitory, make the subject enduring.

New York artist Sharon BuMann is creating a sculpture of Elvis out of an 800-pound slab of butter for the State Fair Of Texas next week.

The Dallas Morning News reports that's about 2.6 million calories, or 295,204 grams of fat and 782,600 milligrams of cholesterol.

And here's the kicker -- that's not the hefty late-career King. BuMann is sculpting "thin Elvis," the way he looked for his 1968 comeback special.

BuMann is an experienced Elvis-sculptor. She made her first Elvis butter statue two years ago, for the Tulsa State Fair in Oklahoma.

The State Fair of Texas runs Sept. 30 through Oct. 23.

http://www.wftv.com/food/4996368/detail.html
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 09:18 AM
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1. Western civilization is complete
Butter Elvis
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 09:26 AM
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3. its kinda all down hill from here isn't it?
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 09:42 AM
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8. "What do you think of western civilization?"
Ghandi responded.......



"I think it is a good idea"

One of my all time favorite quotes
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DancingBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 09:19 AM
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2. HA! -a poor imitation of the fabulous butter cow
Which, as everyone knows, is THE thing to see at The Ohio State Fair - every year.
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mr_hat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 09:28 AM
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4. That would be the Iowa State Fair, thank you. And the subject changes >
each year. Just ask the Butter Lady:

http://www.iowastatefair.org/duffylyon.html
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:32 AM
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11. She also had Tiger Woods made of butter.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 09:29 AM
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5. that's only 200 mg less cholesteral than in the real Elvis!
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 09:29 AM
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6. Now, if it was spread on Cadillac shaped bread...
Edited on Wed Sep-21-05 09:31 AM by Prag
I'd go to see it.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 09:30 AM
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7. A "thin Elvis" made of butter. Oh... the bitter irony.
n/m
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:03 AM
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9. Could someone PLEASE explain this Elvis infatuation?
I know Elvis was this cool rock & roll and rockabilly singer who made all the girls swoon, who later became a movie star who made all the girls swoon, who later became a fat fuck who sang Las Vegas show tunes until he died in the john. All these years later, Elvis's records still sell.

But ya know something? Frank Sinatra was a cool singer who made all the girls swoon, who later became a movie star who made all the girls swoon...he later played Vegas a lot but he never became a fat fuck. He arguably lived a life that was a lot more fun than Elvis's. And Sinatra's records sell too.

But no one carves Sinatras out of butter. No one writes songs about going to Vegas and seeing Sinatra's ghost float through the front door of Caesar's Palace.

What's up with that?
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:04 AM
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10. Butter-Sinatras?
:rofl:
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