The Bull-boards Of Spain
Once an advertisement for brandy, the Osborne bull is now a symbol of the country. Each bull is 46 feet high and weighs 10,000 pounds, and there are currently almost a hundred of them scattered around the country.
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Many years ago Mr. Nag and I were driving through southern Spain and spied one of these iconic sculptures. From a distance we thought it was a real bull and marvelled at its massive size. As we got closer we realized that we's been fooled.
The LGBT Bull has been castrated too. When Westinghouse sent me to Spain these billboards cracked me up because my boss was named Osborne.
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