Nelson Mandela statue the latest target of Glasgow’s famous traffic-cone prank [pics]
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Nelson Mandela received many honours in his lifetime, but few are quite as Glaswegian as a traffic-cone hat.
Not long after a new statue of the former South African president was unveiled in Glasgow, the monument was given the city’s famous traffic-cone treatment.
The stunt is a nod to Glasgow’s long-running tradition of placing cones on the head of the Duke of Wellington statue outside the Gallery of Modern Art.
While some might see it as vandalism or an act of desecration, wearing a t
Not long after a new statue of the former South African president was unveiled in Glasgow, the monument was given the city’s famous traffic-cone treatment.
The stunt is a nod to Glasgow’s long-running tradition of placing cones on the head of the Duke of Wellington statue outside the Gallery of Modern Art.
While some might see it as vandalism or an act of desecration, wearing a t
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