# What To Do With a Slightly Used Joe Paterno Statue? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 22, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064 "2012-07-22T19:14:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064/21 "2012-07-24T12:55:09Z")
Melt it down and make a commode. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064/22 "2012-07-24T13:32:19Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Just make sure you have enough paper towel tubes. > Seriously, though, I don’t know why they took down the football players as well. Because they’re fucked, too. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064/23 "2012-07-24T21:24:22Z")
Put it in storage and put it back up in 20 years after the emotions have died down? Not saying I agree… ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064/24 "2012-07-25T01:27:58Z")
They should have left it up, but instead bought about 500 pigeons and let them loose there. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064/25 "2012-07-25T02:45:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Melt it down and cast boat anchors out of it. If by “boat anchors” you mean “urinals,” then I’m on board with this idea. Or they could move it to the Joe Paterno Library, where it could serve as a constant reminder to the patrons to keep quiet. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064/26 "2012-07-25T02:58:29Z")
Sell it to the local Catholic church. Use the proceeds to help young boys abused by priests. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064/27 "2012-07-25T03:37:45Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Or they could move it to the Joe Paterno Library, where it could serve as a constant reminder to the patrons to keep quiet. Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064/28 "2012-07-25T05:50:01Z")
Toilet roll holder. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064/29 "2012-07-25T08:02:06Z")
Give it back to the sculptor, on the sole legally-binding condition that it only be displayed privately inside his home. Upon the sculptor’s death, we can argue about what to do with it then. But I mean, even though it was a commission, \*he \*made it… art should not be destroyed. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064/30 "2012-07-25T20:53:03Z")
> [@nonacetone](#): > > Use it for target practice? Sometimes there just are not enough rocks. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064/31 "2012-07-25T21:58:00Z")
The other day on his show, Howard Stern said instead of ripping down Paterno’s statue, they should have painted it yellow and left it as a reminder of what happens to someone while they silently let evil happen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-slightly-used-joe-paterno-statue/629064.md?page=1)