Liverpudlians are renowned for a slightly strange sense
of humour, probably because of the crap weather and proximity to
Ireland. It turns out that Liverpool signed a rather bizarre player
last month and he goes by the name Baa-nitez.
Bearing a striking resemblence to Rafa, the 2 meter long
fiberglass half-lamb half-banana wears a fetching little beard,
glasses and Liverpool scarf. Being a non-sentient superlambanana,
Baa-nitez won’t be expected to score any goals, but has been bought
by Benitez to raise funds for a Liverpool charity and has become a
mascot of sorts for the club.
The original superlambanana was designed by some Japanese
crackpot back in 1998 for an exhibition and has stood outside the
Liverpool Tate Gallery ever since. Liverpool is the current
European Capital of Culture and to celebrate this event, around 125
smaller superlambananas have sprung up around Merseyside, much to
everyone’s amusement. Apparently, it is some sort of joke about
cloning or GM foods or something. I don’t get it, but I think
they’re amazing.
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