# Should Gargoyles come in pairs? (In West Virginia if that matters) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520 "2024-06-30T02:14:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/21 "2024-06-30T12:50:22Z")
We’ve had a couple iterations of [Dedo](https://kingdomhigh.com/dedo-large-fiber-stone-resin-indooroutdoor-garden-fiberglass-resin-indooroutdoor-garden) (available from multiple sources) over the years, keeping watch over the garden. Two Dedos would be wrong though. Maybe pair him with [this character](http://designtoscano.com/products/detest-the-rest-gargoyle-statue-1-cl55670?via=Z2lkOi8vZGVzaWduLXRvc2Nhbm8vV29ya2FyZWE6OkNhdGFsb2c6OkNhdGVnb3J5L0dPVEgwMjQ). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/22 "2024-06-30T13:25:54Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > weather proof\* gargoyles I can understand wanting them weather proof, but there’s something to be said for gracefully aging statuary. Meet Sharon Stone: [![](https://i.imgur.com/TLucnJ2.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TLucnJ2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/23 "2024-06-30T13:37:32Z")
I, also, think litter mates would look better than two of the same one. And also think that shipping could be really pricey, so shopping local would be a win. I have a concrete Buddha in my garden, but they don’t usually come in complimentary pairs. I wonder if you could find a nice pair of dragons… ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/24 "2024-06-30T15:12:48Z")
I’d be inclined to go for two different ones that look like they’re in conversation with each other; possibly discussing the humans in the neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/25 "2024-06-30T15:49:54Z")
Or go for high drama with a Medusa bust and a [Harpy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy) Love the Sharon stone is that in your yard @kayaker ? I have a Dedo but we call it Carl and another winged beast and a ball gagged demon. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/26 "2024-06-30T16:10:36Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Love the Sharon stone is that in your yard @kayaker ? She’s outside from our sunroom along a patio. We found her at a sidewalk antique sale in Ligonier, PA years ago. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/27 "2024-06-30T16:30:03Z")
You know, we’re all thinking so 1400s… We live in the future! The OP should instead invest in a quality 3D Printer, and print new Gods, Grotesques and Modern Icons (I keep seeing Daffy Duck as Robin Hood with his buck and a quarter quarterstaff) that they swap out as the mood takes them. Sure, would need additional work, and a high chance that said creations would be stolen by all envious souls, but, then, print another. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/28 "2024-06-30T16:37:24Z")
What fun links, thanks everyone! Imma spend a few happy hours looking at all of the neat stuff! I did not know that I was looking for Grotesques, so TIL 🙂 I also agree with the complimentary but different suggestion as well, Hubs was undecided because all of the lions we’ve been seeing have been matching. I like the idea of cat grotesques as well. I’d really like a couple of Cluthlu figures. Maybe the iconic one of him on the plinth and another of him rising from the sea, but I’ve never seen any that are as big as I want. Well, down the rabbit hole I go…thanks again for all of the great links! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/29 "2024-06-30T16:42:30Z")
I don’t know where you are in WV but there’s a place in Indiana near Louisville called [The Concrete Lady](https://www.theconcretelady.com/gargoyles). Primarily a wholesaler but they sell retail also. They are the original source for a lot of the concrete statuary in stores around the country. Only problem is they don’t deliver or ship for retail sales, and the retail rule is if you can’t move it yourself, you can’t buy it. It’s a fun place to go and walk around if you’re ever in the vicinity. All of the gray area is their display area: https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d1209.1105447556815!2d-85.6652099488819!3d38.512759352175784!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88697e94c4d26583%3A0x7283d5e1f6baf296!2s4910%20IN-3%2C%20Otisco%2C%20IN%2047163!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1719765851797!5m2!1sen!2sus ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/30 "2024-06-30T18:25:58Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I’d really like a couple of Cluthlu figures. I love that idea. Your neighbors may run away screaming whenever they see you, though. Someone upthread raised the question of an HOA. Hopefully not an issue for you, but if you have the bad luck to have a really pissy one run by small-minded control freaks, I could see there being some fallout. Do you have one? Do they seem sane? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/31 "2024-06-30T18:43:02Z")
> [@chela](#): > > and a ball gagged demon. Did it come that way or did you have to accessorize it? If someone really wants to inflame the neighbors, porno kitsch is probably an excellent choice of _motif_. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/32 "2024-06-30T18:56:38Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I’d really like a couple of Cluthlu figures. Listen, I keep telling people this. It’s not gonna help you when he rises. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/33 "2024-06-30T19:05:37Z")
Somehow I thought the Op was talking about Gargoyle sunglasses, and I thought- of course you want a pair of sunglasses. 🤪 🤪 Incidentally the OG version are pretty damn good. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/34 "2024-06-30T22:12:46Z")
We have these guys guarding our backyard pond. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/2LIhfn1.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/2LIhfn1) ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/35 "2024-06-30T22:42:27Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Do you have one? Do they seem sane? We do not have an HOA and our neighbors don’t seem insane, but you never know. I have been pleasantly in my interactions with folks out here, they all seem fairly well educated and well spoken. I wear a large brimmed floppy hat with a Cluthlu hat pin on the side. Several younger people have recognized it and one man my age asked about my Miskatonic University sticker on my back window. He told me that he knew that name but just couldn’t remember why. When I explained it honestly, he laughed so hard. He said he used to be such a Lovecraft fan when he was young but the reference had slipped his mind. > [@DCnDC](#): > > It’s a fun place to go and walk around if you’re ever in the vicinity. That’s about 5 hours one way but it does look like they have amazing stuff. Thanks for the link! > [@Stratocaster](#): > > Listen, I keep telling people this. It’s not gonna help you when he rises. I was hoping it would help me get eaten first, finding babies to sacrifice isn’t as easy as it used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/36 "2024-06-30T22:53:55Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > They don’t need to be twins, but they should look like they go together. Littermates, so to speak. Yeah, I would go with both being the same “species”, for lack of a better term, but with different facial expressions. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/37 "2024-07-01T00:14:49Z")
Have you considered [Weeping Angels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeping_Angel)? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/38 "2024-07-01T00:28:46Z")
Nowadays garden stutuary is often made from lighter weight synthetic materials and is reasonably inexpensive to ship. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/39 "2024-07-01T10:56:36Z")
When I was a little kid my family moved into a house in Squirrel Hill that had a lawn jockey. My dad went to a hobby shop and bought a bunch of little jars of paint. He was a pretty decent artist. He made the lawn jockey Caucasian. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520/40 "2024-07-01T14:10:06Z")
> [@vbob](#): > > A fisherman and a leaping fish - one tennis player serving, t’other poised to receive - pitcher and batter - Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum… Somewhere in this great big world of ours, there must exist a resin or concrete statue of a jar of peanut butter, and another of jelly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520.md?page=3)