A modern angel

[HansV]

This weekend, the Cathedral of Saint John in Den Bosch in The Netherlands celebrates the completion of an extensive restoration. For a long time, parts of the exterior were hidden from sight by scaffolding. Now the glorious gothic architecture can be enjoyed again:

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Many sculptures on the flying buttresses had to be replaced. Just like in the past, the sculptors took some liberties:

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[StuartR]

Have you posted this one day late?

[HansV]

No, it's real. The original sculptures show a sense of humour too: there are all kinds of monsters and animals amidst the more usual ones.

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[steveh]

This weekend, the Cathedral of Saint John in Den Bosch in The Netherlands celebrates the completion of an extensive restoration. For a long time, parts of the exterior were hidden from sight by scaffolding. Now the glorious gothic architecture can be enjoyed again:

Hi Hans

Thanks for posting, the church looks great. Perhaps angels had a hot line to God before we knew about mobiles

[stuck]

a hot line to God

Which reminds me of a joke... A Yorkshireman decides to do a world tour. First stop is Paris and in a dark corner of Notre Dame he sees a golden telephone. He asks a priest about it and is told it is a hot line to God but each call costs €100,000. Next is Rome and in St Peter's he spies another golden telephone, you know what he's told, it's a hotline to God and the cost of a call is €100,000. So it goes, in every major church in every city he visits he sees a golden phone and the cost of a call to God is whatever in local currency equates to €100,000.

On his return home he visits York Minster. Initially he can't find the golden phone but when he does he is astonished to be told that the cost of a call to God on this phone is only 10 pence. "How can this be? All over the world the cost of a hot line call to God is £10,000!" he cries. The priest looks at him calmly and says

Spoiler

"Ah but you're back in Yorkshire so it's only a local call now."

Ken

[Bowlie]

a hot line to God

Which reminds me of a joke... A Yorkshireman decides to do a world tour. First stop is Paris and in a dark corner of Notre Dame he sees a golden telephone. He asks a priest about it and is told it is a hot line to God but each call costs €100,000. Next is Rome and in St Peter's he spies another golden telephone, you know what he's told, it's a hotline to God and the cost of a call is €100,000. So it goes, in every major church in every city he visits he sees a golden phone and the cost of a call to God is whatever in local currency equates to €100,000.

On his return home he visits York Minster. Initially he can't find the golden phone but when he does he is astonished to be told that the cost of a call to God on this phone is only 10 pence. "How can this be? All over the world the cost of a hot line call to God is £10,000!" he cries. The priest looks at him calmly and says

Spoiler

"Ah but you're back in Yorkshire so it's only a local call now."

Ken

Great joke Ken!

Oh, btw I just happen to have £20,000 to invest. Would you convert it to €200,000 for me at your Yorkshire exchange rate for me? I'll even give you 20% as a commission

Or is your comma misplaced?

[stuck]

Oh, btw I just happen to have £20,000 to invest.

I'm sure I could help you out, all I need are your full bank acc. details.

Or is your comma misplaced?

Ken