The latest to come under the microscope is the humble lamp post. One of the more curious-looking displays in a Chiang Rai park features giant catfish wrapped around the lamp post. Roman invasionApart from its important service to the canine community, the lamp post does have other functions. For a start the old Benny Hill TV shows wouldn't have been the same without someone walking into a lamp post. Royal approvalThere was an acknowledgement to the versatility of the lamp post in George Formby's classic 1937 hit song, Leaning On A Lamp Post, in which he uses a lamp post as an unlikely support for pursuing a romance.

Source: Bangkok Post June 26, 2021 22:30 UTC