Enema of the state: Russian spa unveils monument to colon cleansing

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thursday, June 19th 2008, 3:31 PM

Nurses at the Mashuk Akva-Term spa in the Russian town of Zheleznovodsk pose with the newly unveiled enema monument on Wednesday June 18.

MOSCOW - A monument to the enema, a procedure many people would rather not think about, has been unveiled at a spa in the southern Russian city of Zheleznovodsk. The bronze syringe bulb, which weighs 800 pounds (363 kilograms) and is held by three angels, was unveiled at the Mashuk-Akva Term spa, the spa's director said Thursday. "There is no kitsch or obscenity, it is a successful work of art," Alexander Kharchenko told The Associated Press. "An enema is almost a symbol of our region.

Enema of the state: Russian spa unveils monument to colon cleansing