Victoria Wood's brother, Chris Foote Wood, is proposing a statue of the comedy genius, who died in April, in her home town of Bury.
These are variously silly (getting Iggy Pop to pose for life-drawing classes before a group of unsuspecting artists), brave (proposing a statue of Dr David Kelly looking as if he was about to jump from the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square) and thought-provoking.
In December, a group of Oklahoma Satanists proposed a statue of a horned god on the state capitol grounds, as did a group of Hindus, who proposed a statue of the monkey god Hanuman.
"Pastafarians" with the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster have also proposed a statue as have leaders and ministers from recognized non-Christian religions.
The Horvaths proposed a memorial statue of her in the park, to be paid for with money donated to their organization.
He angered Confederate groups last week by proposing that a statue of Ulysses S. Grant be erected to create balance and honor the Union troops.
In 1921 the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro proposed that a statue of Christ be built on the 2,310-foot 2,310-foot) summit, which, because of its commanding height, would make it visible from anywhere in Rio.
He is to be succeeded by Nikolai Kharitonov, who once proposed reinstalling a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the K.G.B., that was torn down in the euphoria of the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
It has been proposed that a statue, commissioned by Sustrans, of William Smith, the father of English Geology, will be sited next to the path on the line of the Canal commemorating his work as surveyor on the Canal and his recognition of the significance of rock strata.
IN the stakes to erect the first major monument to the rescuers and victims of Sept. 11, a developer proposed a large bronze statue, based on a photograph of three white firemen raising the American flag over the smoldering ruins.
