HARTSVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- A garden center's nude statues proved a bit immodest for some in this small town.
G & L Garden Center responded to complaints by covering up the classical-style statues with stylish, two-piece crimson velvet sarongs.
It turns out leaving a little to the imagination meant a lot more customers for the $99.95 ornaments. Six statues have sold in the past couple weeks alone, and the attempt at roadside modesty is stopping traffic.
"He wanted to stop when he saw the naked women and the bikinis," Joan Philpot said of her husband of 50 years, Bill.
And yes, some customers are peeking.
"They are pulling the tops and looking underneath," said G & L co-owner Angie Langford. "They wonder what we're hiding."
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/South/04/10/covered.statues.ap/index.html
G & L Garden Center responded to complaints by covering up the classical-style statues with stylish, two-piece crimson velvet sarongs.
It turns out leaving a little to the imagination meant a lot more customers for the $99.95 ornaments. Six statues have sold in the past couple weeks alone, and the attempt at roadside modesty is stopping traffic.
"He wanted to stop when he saw the naked women and the bikinis," Joan Philpot said of her husband of 50 years, Bill.
And yes, some customers are peeking.
"They are pulling the tops and looking underneath," said G & L co-owner Angie Langford. "They wonder what we're hiding."
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/South/04/10/covered.statues.ap/index.html