Russians Commemorate the Enema with a Public Statue

Sometimes we fail to celebrate in a conspicuous way the more mundane but helpful elements of our lives. The good people of Zheleznovodsk, Russia, are doing their small part to help correct this problem (see: Regular Russian City Immortalizes Enema With $42,000 Statue Held Aloft By Angels). Below is an excerpt from this article with a photo (boldface emphasis mine):

For the Russians, [the enema] is something more, because one city there erected an 800-pound, $42,000 statue to honor the device for its many years of unsung service to the backside of mankind. "There is no kitsch or obscenity, it is a successful work of art," said Alexander Kharchenko, a resident of the regularity-loving Zheleznovodsk. "An enema is almost a symbol of our region." ...When you dig a little deeper into this story, you start to see that Zheleznovodsk is in fact the perfect location for this statue. Nestled deep within the Caucasus Mountains region, the city is best known for its spas, and their mineral water-infused enemas drawn from mountain springs. A banner declaring, "Let's beat constipation and sloppiness with enemas" was posted on one of the spa's walls to commemorate the statue.

Commenting at greater length on this story would certainly not improve it and might get me into serious trouble, so I will restrain myself. However, here's a link to a PubMed article in Russian entitled: Errors in directing children to Zheleznovodsk spa. Zheleznovodsk does not sound like a town for the young or faint-hearted. Although, come to think about it, I don't know what the name of the town sounds like at all.