You aren't signed in     Sign In    Help

Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa

Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa by The Parkie.
Hordes of tourists getting their friends to photograph
them "holding up the tower".
Don't these people realise how stupid they look?
A rhetorical question I think. 

Comments

view profile

flyinsaucier  Pro User  says:

Posers.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

jónr  Pro User  says:

LOL. Thank you. Made my Monday morning.
Via Reddit.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

badlydressedboy  Pro User  says:

I took one from the other side:
www.flickr.com/photos/badlydressedboy/3003709 331/in/set-7...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Ben Hampson says:

Classic! Hahaha.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Sindri Svan says:

Hahahaha! word!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Jeremy Rebelka  Pro User  says:

hehe nice one !
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

faithie270 says:

"Hey! I've got an idea!"
"What??"
"Why don't we photograph me holding up the tower?"
"Great idea! Bet no one else has got that before!"
/sarcasm
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

buka666 says:

Wykopowicze to pedaly
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

skr3czu says:

own3d
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Hebbi Birgiss  Pro User  says:

hehehe...

nice picture thou
:)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

marleyinoc says:

lol. still, i totally would have to do it too.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Wiliam Ajanel aka Thombjork says:

Very creative picture xD

Linked to: meneame.net/story/tipica-fotografia-torre-pis sa

Menéame is the spanish Digg ;-)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Lee Bryant  Pro User  says:

Haha, fools (I'd do the same).
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

no-flash says:

You are right!
¡Tienes razón!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

huw1000  Pro User  says:

Sorry to rain on your parade of superiority, pompous internet people, but maybe because it's so cliché'd is why people like to take that photo. They know everyone else is doing the same thing and it's all part of the fun.

Oh right, taking photos is serious business. I forgot.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Vicente Alfonso  Pro User  says:

ajajajajaj how funny!!!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

wickedwretch says:

Yeah, right, it's cliché and everybody does it. But still, it's kinda lame that tourists take a lot of photographs that don't really make sense. Some kind of photos are to show others that you really were there, but do you really need proof? Isn't more gratifying to be there, enjoy the place and remember it in your heart (which is, of course, cliché too)? There are places where you can't take pictures (like museums and churches), and people trying it is very stupid 'cause they can get hi-res professional photos in the net, and no one will bother them (in fact, tourists tend to be stupid in many ways, we just lose control of ourselves).

But, of course, it's fun to be there and take those kind of photos. I couldn't (take myself holding the tower and take people trying to hold the tower, which came to be amazing) because it was raining the day I went.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

PING PANIC  Pro User  says:

I prefer those "stupids" to people criticising them
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

PaoLïx  Pro User  says:

Terrific! ajajjajaa
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

chadmiller  Pro User  says:

No, no no. You got it all wrong. This is several dozen people practicing Tai Chi.

Also: flickr.com/groups/pisapushers/pool/
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

donnieonu14  Pro User  says:

when my friends and i were there, we were also annoyed by everyone taking the same damn picture... so we decided to take ours like we were knocking the tower over:

flickr.com/photos/22746190@N08/2327151553/in/ set-72157604...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

heylg says:

oh god, i've definitely been there and seen all of this. people are shameless!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Urko Lasarte says:

Wow!
Your photo has 7 or 8 visit per second more or less!

Congrats!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Daniel Rodríguez Calvo  Pro User  says:

It´s a funny pic, but I think that is only another "typical" pose when you are in some famous places, like touching the breast of Juliet or "kiss" the sphinx.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Janek Kloss  Pro User  says:

ups :)))
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

andrew.mathewson says:

the sad thing is that i'd be doing the same thing if I were there
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

angelblade17 says:

Jajajaja. The tower on my hand LOL
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Vote For Summer says:

Nothing like self affirmation via cliche' tourism photos.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

duma_ says:

how can you bring yourself to do it when everyone else is doing it right in front of you?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

duma_ says:

I think Id do like a fellatio deal
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

andufo  Pro User  says:

they look pretty stupid.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Fresh Coco says:

I lovin it!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Hugo90  Pro User  says:

My wife thought I should push it over:

pushing over the eifel tower
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

aedavison says:

this is tooo funny.
i need to go there just for this.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

michaeljames  Pro User  says:

Mannequin Pis, same deal, everyone crowding around for the exact same shot. So I shot the crowd instead.

Mannequin Pis by michaeljames

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

ツGaLLeRiA JeNeSiS✿ {BUSY-ON/OFF}  Pro User  says:

This put a smile on my lips... ;-)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

LifeSunDeath  Pro User  says:

Hahaha! You should title this one "perspectives." Great capture.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

CatsFive  Pro User  says:

A-mer-i-kuh
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Dominik Porada says:

Hahaha, made my day. :D
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

titter85  Pro User  says:

Oh. my!! They are so stupid!! What is special about such photos??
Great idea to capture the stupidity!! Congrats!
Cheers
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

a DELL says:

loooooooooooooooooooooool :)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

Gisli F says:

ROFL!!
We are such simple sheep.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

matthew.marolla says:

i actually held the tower up with my bare ass, which i thought was an improvement. perhaps i'll post it
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

view profile

The Parkie  Pro User  says:

The bare ass shot shows original thinking.
Possibly contravenes Flickr acceptable usage unless you mark
it for adults only :-)

And those comments that are critical of me being critical and therefore controlling........

I've deleted them. Because I can. Ha!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Would you like to comment?

Sign up for a free account, or sign in (if you're already a member).

[?]
view photos Uploaded on January 5, 2009
by The Parkie

The Parkie's photostream

Tuscany 2008 (Set)

275
items

Tags

Additional Information

All rights reserved Anyone can see this photo

Add to your map