Monday, January 24, 2011

A Surprise at the Old State House

A two-headed calf?

A museum of oddities occupied the top floor of the State House back in 1800.  A featured oddity was a calf with two heads.

When the Old State House was renovated, they recreated the exhibitions of the museum.  A farmer in Michigan donated this two-headed calf to the exhibition, to replace the long-lost original two-headed calf.

So, does the seat of government in your state or country have anything stuffed and two-faced?  Other than the legislators?
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12 comments:

  1. MichelleJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    Oh dear....

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  2. Genie -- Paris and BeyondJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    Jack, you beat me to the punch line! Stuffed and two-faced, indeed! I think that everyone might say this about their politicians... I am not sure what is in our state house but I do not think that it is a two-headed calf...

    Welcome to Monday!
    Genie

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  3. Cezar and LéiaJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Interesting point here! I think it's better say nothing about legislators now! :)
    And about here in Europe, I'm almost a tourist! LOL
    Léia

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  4. LoisJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    I'll have to make a trip downtown to the Florida Capitol to see what I can find (other than the legislators and our new governor of course)!

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  5. lizziviggiJanuary 24, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    Aw, what a sweet face...er... I mean faces!

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  6. HalcyonJanuary 24, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    We have two capitol buildings, the old historic one and a new one. I have never really been in the new one b/c it's only open during office hours when I work! The historic one has wax figures of real-fake senators and such. But I haven't seen any strange exhibits like this!

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  7. EG CameraGirlJanuary 24, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    Very odd indeed!

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  8. cieldequimperJanuary 24, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    If it exists in humans, why shouldn't it exist in cows? It does look weird though.

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  9. Youth_in_AsiaJanuary 24, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    Hahaha, I love this post. Too funny.It does look a bit strange. Maybe they should place the oddities at the polling places during elections to draw out more voters. It's the type of gimmick that just might work.

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  10. Regina KJanuary 24, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    Interesting, at the State House...

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  11. RandyJanuary 25, 2011 at 12:06 AM

    For a second there I thought my god I am really wiped out. Poor thing. I am taking a beginning Adobe Flash class. It's going to be a challenge.

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  12. VPJanuary 25, 2011 at 6:43 AM

    This is very strange, politicians apart we don't have anything like that...

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