The worldwide craze for 'love locks' - New York puts its foot down

[DotCommunist]

must be a nightmare finding space to lok your bike up

 

[girasol]

I can't remember where I was (pretty sure it was in London going senile) but they had build a metal structure specifically for people to put locks on. Maybe that's the way forward with this one.

 

[editor]

there are stories attached to the placing of each one.

Yes. Someone thought they'd copy a current craze.

 

[Manter]

I wouldn't mind them if people put them on ugly 60s bridges or whatever, then it could be a feature…... but the compulsion to festoon historic monuments is baffling, particularly as they are damaging them

 

[DotCommunist]

imagine how long it would take with a bolt cropper and your hands to clear that lot. You'd be knackered after

 

[NoXion]

Do the locks have any scrap value? Seems like one could make a pretty penny out of it if they do...

 

[maya]

If they contained any valuable alloys, some enterprising fellow could get very rich... Don't suppose they do, though-?

 

[DotCommunist]

Do the locks have any scrap value? Seems like one could make a pretty penny out of it if they do...

mild dislike is one thing but getting them weighed in for money is proper mercenary

 

[NoXion]

No, mercenary would be me attempting to get the craze started in my hometown so I could cash in on it myself.

 

[sim667]

I've seen this in a couple of cities, but I thought it was an eastern european thing...... Im clearly wrong.

Budapest39 by simbojono, on Flickr

Budapest38 by simbojono, on Flickr

26 355 by simbojono, on Flickr

 

[girasol]

the last one is actually quite pleasing to the eye...

 

[joustmaster]

Yes. Someone thought they'd copy a current craze.

Thats not the only reason though, is it

And does that make it of no worth? We are a social animal. We love to follow trends.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Steady on, joust, old chap. If you keep coming out with reasonable arguments then there'll be nothing to be curmudgeonly about!

 

[editor]

Thats not the only reason though, is it

They wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't a global craze. I think it's tacky, corny and in most cases looks rubbish. They looked shit on the Brooklyn Bridge.

I don't think it's 'curmudgeonly' to not like them.

 

[joustmaster]

They wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't a global craze. I think it's tacky, corny and in most cases looks rubbish. They looked shit on the Brooklyn Bridge.

I don't think it's 'curmudgeonly' to not like them.

Your the one that said it!

 

[DotCommunist]

next time a royal dies instead of chucking flowers at the cortege as it passes, everyone should hoy massive padlocks at the car. Respectfully.

 

[editor]

next time a royal dies instead of chucking flowers at the cortege as it passes, everyone should hoy massive padlocks at the car. Respectfully.

Now that's more like it.

 

[joustmaster]

You could write lovely heartfelt messages on each one..

 

[EastEnder]

Public displays of affection should be banned outright.

People holding hands in public give me the creeps.

Can't these filth mongers padlock stuff in the privacy of their own bedrooms? Assuming the curtains are drawn & lights switched off, obviously.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

next time a royal dies instead of chucking flowers at the cortege as it passes, everyone should hoy massive padlocks at the car. Respectfully.

Why wait till they're dead?

 

[Ranbay]

Might open a lock shop or something.

 

[DotCommunist]

Might open a lock shop or something.

you have to repair shoes as well. Key cutting and shoe repair are inseperable

 

[moomoo]

I'd be up for padlocking a bloke to a bridge and leaving him there.

 

[DotCommunist]

Why wait till they're dead?

charles, snapped midway through doing big-fish-little-fish-cardboard-box

 

[King Biscuit Time]

you have to repair shoes as well. Key cutting and shoe repair are inseperable

And trophies. You must have trophies.

 

[Chilli.s]

Its a new one on me. I have noticed a few locks but thought that they were random cycle locks. Now it all becomes so obvious. Gotta say... I like it, a bit like graffiti, but more sculptural. Street art.

 

[Yetman]

How strange. Now if it were easy to just remove what they're attached to and slip them off a few bob is ready down the old scrappy's.....

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

there are stories attached to the placing of each one.

Dull, unimaginative stories.

 

[joustmaster]

Dull, unimaginative stories.

for me and you, perhaps. but not for the people who put it there.

 

[bubblesmcgrath]

Looking good!

Don't know whether I like that or not.....
It reminds me of a colourful tip.