# Russian artist nails nut sack to ground in Red Square **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-artist-nails-nut-sack-to-ground-in-red-square/673761 "2013-11-12T23:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-artist-nails-nut-sack-to-ground-in-red-square/673761/21 "2013-11-13T14:01:54Z")
Maybe he heard they were going to film a[Dostoevsky novel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idiot), and he was trying out for the lead. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-artist-nails-nut-sack-to-ground-in-red-square/673761/22 "2013-11-13T15:27:25Z")
What kind of drugs do you have to do before this sounds like a good idea? I’d like to know so I can avoid them. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-artist-nails-nut-sack-to-ground-in-red-square/673761/23 "2013-11-13T16:05:07Z")
Headlines like this are going to put the Onion out of business. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-artist-nails-nut-sack-to-ground-in-red-square/673761/24 "2013-11-13T19:16:26Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > How the hell can you hammer _anything_ into cobblestones?!? :dubious: Just an aside, but “cobblers” is British slang for testicles. I doubt that it has any relevance to this ‘Work of Art’. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-artist-nails-nut-sack-to-ground-in-red-square/673761/25 "2013-11-13T20:02:40Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Just an aside, but “cobblers” is British slang for testicles. I doubt that it has any relevance to this ‘Work of Art’. Yes, having lived in Great Britain, I do know about “cobblers’ awls,” thank you. If you had ever been on Red Square, as I have many times, you’d know it is in fact paved with red cobblestones. Other than imparting a certain sense of irony to the story, Cockney rhyming slang is of no relevance here. Ha-ha!\* \*To be read in the voice of Sheldon Cooper. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-artist-nails-nut-sack-to-ground-in-red-square/673761/26 "2013-11-13T22:39:11Z")
Makes me glad I’m a numbers guy instead of an artist. When I get all het up about something, I just count my junk. ---
**Author:** ![brad\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brad\_d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brad_d)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-artist-nails-nut-sack-to-ground-in-red-square/673761/27 "2013-11-13T22:53:08Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Just an aside, but “cobblers” is British slang for testicles. I doubt that it has any relevance to this ‘Work of Art’. This casts [Northampton Town FC](http://www.northamptontown-mad.co.uk/) in a new light. 🙂 Although, given that they’re presently dead last in League Two it’s perhaps not totally inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-artist-nails-nut-sack-to-ground-in-red-square/673761/28 "2013-11-13T23:09:48Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > There is space between the stones. Don’t know what the space is filled with, though… . . > [@terentii](#): > > . . . I would guess compacted sand, which is also quite dense, and the spaces aren’t all that wide. . . ☹ It’s sand between new pavers. Over time it can shift to just random dirt, at least near the surface. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-artist-nails-nut-sack-to-ground-in-red-square/673761.md?page=1)