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Menhir Products
I've enjoyed a few trips to Brittany and spent quite a lot of time looking at standing stones. I found myself asking - why go to all that trouble? What can you do with a big lump of stone except look at it?
Here is a possible explanation: the purpose was to demonstrate the owner's wealth. It must have taken a great deal of effort to get those stones into position (Obelix can't have delivered all of them!) and nobody works for nothing.
In a word, they were status symbols.
So I would like to coin the phrase 'menhir product' (MP) The essential qualities of an MP are expense and uselessness; examples are very common (especially in the West End): flashy cars and wrist watches, designer handbags - I'm sure you can all add to the list.
How about super expensive bikes?
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Actually, that's a lie, the gallery is still there. I guess I just made it not public or something. If you want Mr @dicki I can send you the pics I have from the ride?