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FORGET KRYPTONITE - TRY BUTTER

"Cow, Superman sculpted from huge butter wad." That is the headline on a video news item on CNN. Actually, I am annoyed when only a video form of an article is offered and haven't looked at it yet. The title has been enough.

A cow and Superman in butter? Can't you see vandals with pieces of toast wiping them on Superman. Then instead of fighting crime, you could say Superman was buttering up the hooligans. That was a ridiculous pun . . . I suppose . . . but, gee, a big old wad of butter and somebody carves a cow and and Superman?

Okay, I think I'm ready to view the video.

Ah . . . it's at the Iowa State Fair and here is an ARTICLE from the Des Moines newspaper.

Here is a the butter statue of another "superman" from the 1999 fair - John Wayne. The sculptor was "Norma "Duffy" Lyon, who the paper describes as "the fair's famed sculptor for more than 45 years."



Duffy began a phased retirement in 2002 and her apprentice Sarah Pratt is doing the statue of Superman.

posted by Jody @ 7:43 AM