For exhibit A I give you 'bint with a dove'. I do not know her name, but if you look closely you can see that the bird has a new head. This could mean that the head just dropped off or that maybe, the dreaded stone dove head thief has been in action again. Either option is likely.
Then I took a step to the side and realised.....
She is standing on a duck. Well ok, it might not be a duck, it might be a swan but I think it looks like a duck as who would stand on a swan? Everyone knows a swan can break your leg with its wing; yet this seems little justification to go and stand on a duck instead. I became rather disturbed the more I thought about this. She is also rather careless with her clothing, if she spent less time standing on ducks she might have realised that she had a wardrobe malfunction. I was shocked and so moved on.
This bint, clearly a relative, was standing on a fish. It is a big fish, but a fish nonetheless. There are clothing issues here too. They really need to focus more on what matters as I fear they will catch their death.
Then there was this chap. He was also scantily clad but thankfully had not let anything slip that might scare the horses. He is also obviously a gardener as he has a spade and a random jar of something that has been knocked over. This is perfectly understandable as after a closer look it would appear he had cut his big toe off, probably with the spade. I think digging in a wispy loin cloth is dangerous and there are probably health and safety guidelines to prevent such things these days.
On the plus side, at least he isn't standing on a fish.
Notes:
1) The latin translation is courtesy of an online translation page. I have never been taught any latin so if it is incorrect I would not be surprised. I am fairly hopeful it does not say anything rude though.
2) I considered doing a bit of research into imagery and what standing on a duck means, but it turns out life is too short for such things. The best I managed was that the bint standing on a duck might be Leda, she had good reason to stand on a swan. The bint with a fish might be Aphrodite. The man however I cannot reach a conclusion about, I vaguely thought Bacchus but there does not appear to be enough grapes so any suggestions are welcome, .
