Taken by death
The famous “Kiss of death / Petó de la mort” memorial sculpture in Poble Nou cemetery, photo by the excellent izarbeltza, regularly visited on this Barcelona walk:
A more earthy interpretation, from a Chinese shop, also in Barcelona:
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January 7th 2008 11:18
I’ve seen skinnier women in Spain. So the question arises, Which one is Death?
January 7th 2008 11:57
Death is the one you don’t see coming.
January 7th 2008 17:45
You’re talking about the come shot, I guess.
January 8th 2008 10:27
Your words, Mr B
January 8th 2008 11:27
I knew a woman once who had 13 children when she’d only wanted 1 or 2. Trouble was, she was profoundly deaf and couldn’t hear her husband coming.
Old but good. Just like my women . . .
January 8th 2008 11:35
If you only knew her once, who were the other guys?
January 8th 2008 16:58
A little knowledge is a…
January 8th 2008 17:58
different thing entirely from knowledge of a little.
January 8th 2008 17:59
Epithetically speaking.
Though not necessarily on a tombstone.
January 9th 2008 23:54
Oh, come now.
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