I can’t look at this tombstone without seeing a fanjo

[UnitedWire]

Aibu? I mean … I guess it must be a stylised letter M, but …

Yes I can see it op , it even has a clit

Yes @UnitedWire it's a cemetery with lots of historic graves and people are encouraged to explore it so always lots of visitors there. I've seen that headstone before and wondered what the symbol meant - I assumed some sort of capita M?

JK Rowling will get into real trouble if using old Edinburgh tombstones for entertainment purposes is an issue...

Finally, a proper "let's mock the dead!" thread. Obviously it's fine because they died ages ago so it doesn't matter that they were people's relatives. The cut-off for being funny is 30 years, so it's fine to laugh at Hillsborough victims but not quite OK to mock Freddie Mercury - roll on 24th November, I've got a shit load of material ready.

Some one must have been having a laugh when they agreed to that design

@ChainJane

Finally, a proper "let's mock the dead!" thread. Obviously it's fine because they died ages ago so it doesn't matter that they were people's relatives. The cut-off for being funny is 30 years, so it's fine to laugh at Hillsborough victims but not quite OK to mock Freddie Mercury - roll on 24th November, I've got a shit load of material ready.

What are you talking about? This is about an image on a tombstone, and nothing to do with the individuals buries there.

Nobody has said a thing about the people.

To those who can’t see it: what it put us in mind of was a stylised view from behind of a woman bending over.

At first we sort of laughed but thought we were probably seeing it through modern eyes/influenced by living in a culture saturated with sexual imagery etc. … but on reflection I’m not so sure.

I mean — that same imagery was available to Victorians and it does seem a bit odd that nobody (whether family or stonemasons or whatever) went “Hang on a minute…”

The cut-off for mocking a tombstone is the point at which they no longer have people alive who love and miss them.

Oh for heaven’s sake. I’m not mocking the dead, and wouldn’t dream of it. If any of my own relatives have old stones that make people stop and look and take an interest and chat, I’d be delighted, and if there was laughter involved, I wouldn’t mind one single bit.

As a pp has pointed out, the public is encouraged to explore and engage with this site.

On that 'Has Mumsnet changed' thread people were going on about the permanently offended (at literally nothing)

Ahhh MY EYES !!

I thought it was supposed to be ( badly drawn) angel wings

@DolphinFC

I think the image with the names on it should be removed.

In case the long-dead people are offended? Let's hope you never discover the Find-A-Grave site. Or the Billion Graves site.

You do see some weird things in graveyards. I agree that the carving was probably originally something else, but has weathered over time.

@BSintolerant

It might’ve been created by a mischievous, passive aggressive stonemason who didn’t think much of the deceased.

We did speculate about this

@LaurieFairyCake aren't they the PO?

@ChainJane

Finally, a proper "let's mock the dead!" thread. Obviously it's fine because they died ages ago so it doesn't matter that they were people's relatives. The cut-off for being funny is 30 years, so it's fine to laugh at Hillsborough victims but not quite OK to mock Freddie Mercury - roll on 24th November, I've got a shit load of material ready.

This.

No one is mocking the dead for goodness sake.

Oh for fucks sake. No ones mocking the dead. They're giggling at a headstone which has a symbol which looks like a fanny. It's really not that deep

That cemetery made DH and me have a chat about what we'd have in our headstones. I want very small writing so that people need to come close to read it - that will trip a motion sensor and a hand will pop out and grab their ankles.

Aaaaaand. Drum roll please.
Cue the pearl clutching permanently offended .ffs .
Get a life ,mocking the dead indeed shut up

I just googled tombstone symbols and couldn't find anything even remotely similar.

Loving the motion sensor hand idea. Or a maybe a sound of scraping from under the earth.

I think it could be a luckenbooth - a 17th century Scottish symbol of love, depicting two entwined hearts.
I first came across this in a novel by Jenni Fagan - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luckenbooth_brooch

Isn’t it a stylised version of the first few names on the stone? MOOD..

@Chrysanthemum5

That cemetery made DH and me have a chat about what we'd have in our headstones. I want very small writing so that people need to come close to read it - that will trip a motion sensor and a hand will pop out and grab their ankles.

Ooh I like that idea 🤔 🧐

[quote ImpassiveVoice]I think it could be a luckenbooth - a 17th century Scottish symbol of love, depicting two entwined hearts.
I first came across this in a novel by Jenni Fagan - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luckenbooth_brooch[/quote]
Luckenbooths are very "Edinburgh".

But they usually have a crown on top. It's very weathered though so who knows.