Crane Universitay

Crane #8, Oxford, Britain

Among the sleepy spires of Oxford town, there lurk the people who actually get things done. By people I mean cranes, of course, and who else is responsible for keeping those spires sleeping?

Thanks to educational osmosis, these cranes are among the most learned mechanical beings in the world (alongside the robot vacuum cleaners at the Library of Congress and the security alarm system at the British Museum). There isn't a lecture they haven't eavesdropped on a hundred times, and though they don't engage in debates with humans, rest assured that they'd put up a good fight. When cranes make their minds up about something, you'll find it near impossible to change that opinion. Like elephants. 

The particular cranes pictured have laboured around the Theology buildings for years, so debates between them are highly charged. In fact, it's now got to the point that the two of them haven't spoken for close to fifteen years. And all down to a disagreement on the meaning of wine. For shame, cranes. Life is too short.