July 5, 2008

A Portguese tradition that may go flaccid




Husband and wife Francisco and Casilda Figueiredo are among the last exponents of a traditional Portuguese handicraft -- making ornamental ceramic penises. For more than three decades, the couple have carefully shaped thousands of ceramic male organs, moulding them into upright shapes and painting them in life-like colours for export to Germany, France and North America.

4 comments:

The Sailor said...

I guess one could say it was their seminal work ... sorry, couldn't resist.

Anonymous said...

I was wondering where they sent such things....then it occurred to me that there's a prick in the White House and the VP domicile...to name a few. These guys are makin a fortune building pricks that we elect!

Anonymous said...

Wow, you can make a living doing that?

Anonymous said...

I wonder if they are like car mechanics? Work on everybody else's stuff but their own? ~snicker~