Love-Padlocks

March 8th, 2010 by Sasha

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In the spirit of love, love, love craaazy love, here’s an interesting little trend of the heart I found via Buzzfeed. 30 years ago, in the center of a little town called Pecs in the south of Hungary, lovers clamped padlocks to a wrought-iron fence as a symbol of their commitment to one another. Since that time, needless to say the trend has caught on around the world. I find the whole thing rather interesting, it reminds me a little bit of the padlock Nancy gave Sid as a symbol of their junkie-tainted pirate love gone bad. How does one propose the proverbial love-lock? “Honey, I think it’s time we head down to the town center and clamp a lock on it, what do you say!” What’s bizarre to me is the image of clunky, over-locked bars and gates, weighed down by the sheer magnitude of their unwieldy weight, somehow doesn’t look so sweet. It actually kind of looks like something your psychotic ex-girlfriend would do right before she hacked into your Facebook account, found out you’re a cheater, and  slashed your tires.

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5 Comments

  1. MATTHEW says:

    this is neat! i love the last sentence too lol

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  3. forman says:

    wow, beautiful pics.
    We’ve been locked such padlock on the bridge (native tradition)
    now, every time, when I drive across this bridge, I’m looking on it =)

  4. Kamau says:

    interesting idea….nice pics

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