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Manneken Pis Flashing Mobile Phone Handy Strap

by colbert low on September 30th, 2005

Would you like a Manneken to Pis on your phone ? Now you can even have it flashing at you. Just saw this cute thingy at Mobile.Brando and I rolled on the floor laughing. You normally see this little guy pissing at fountains and not on your phone.

You can hang on your cell phone for decoration and it even comes with a whistle. Check it out

Buy Manneken Pis Flashing Mobile Phone Handy Strap for US$5.90

Taken from Wikipedia

Manneken Pis, (little guy peeing) is a Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a little boy urinating into the fountain’s basin. Similar statues can be found in the towns of Geraardsbergen and Hasselt.

There are several legends behind this statue, but the most famous is the one about Duke Godfried II of Brabant. In 1142, the troops of this two-year-old lord were battling against the troops of the Berthouts, the lords of Grimbergen, in Ransbeke (currently Neder-over-Heembeek). The troops put the infant lord in a basket and hung it in a tree, to encourage them. From there, he urinated on the troops of the Berthouts, who eventually lost the battle.

Another legend goes like this: in the 14th century, Brussels was under siege by a foreign power. The city had held their ground for quite some time. The attackers had thought of a plan to place explosive charges at the city walls. A little boy named Juliaanske from Brussels happened to be spying on them as they were preparing. He urinated on the burning fuse and thus saved the city.

Manneken Pis in the nudeThere was already a similar statue made of stone in the middle of the 15th century, perhaps as early as 1388. The statue was stolen several times. In 1619 it was replaced by a bronze statue, created by Franco-Flemish Baroque sculptor Jerôme Duquesnoy.

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