Shark's fin

Some landscape designer's idea of whimsy is to stick a shiny metal fin into the field outside our house. It's part of Sengkang's marine theme. There's another fin stuck into a patch of grass next to the badminton court at the next block. Next to that fin is a cone (R: it looks like a small-scale version of the Warwick Koan, only this one looks incapable of spinning and it certainly doesn't light up) with its tip sliced off. There're some patterns on it, maybe it's supposed to be a metallic sculptural representation of whale tooth scrimshaw. Must be the marine theme thing. Who knows what art is anymore other than whether you like it or not. I like the fin. It's whimsical. The cone just looks odd.

L thinks it's a dolphin's fin because of the hump at the base. It's kinda cute, you keep thinking when the rest of the dolphin will leap out of the grass at you. It's at least a better mental picture than a shark's fin because then I'd wonder if there was a finless shark spiralling away to the depths of the field. You know, like in the pictures of how they cut off the shark's fin and throw the shark back to drown.

We have two wedding dinners coming up in July. I hope nobody serves shark's fin.