Gargoyle
This article is about the statues on buildings. For the monster, see Gargoyle (monster). For other uses, see Gargoyle (disambiguation).
Gargoyles of Notre-Dame de Paris Dragon-headed gargoyle of the Tallinn Town Hall, Estonia Gargoyle of the Vasa Chapel at Wawel in Kraków, Poland In architecture, and specifically in Gothic architecture, a gargoyle (/ˈɡɑːrɡɔɪl/) is a carved or formed grotesque:6–8 with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between. Architects often used multiple gargoyles on a building to divide the flow of rainwater off the roof to minimize the potential damage from a rainstorm. A … Continue Reading (7 minute read)
“It was a time of darkness. It was a world a fear. It was the age…of Gargoyles! Hang on a second…”
*violently vomits rainwater off the castle roof*
That Wikipedia site has 23 images of an object that only fulfill its purpose during rain. Number of images with rain = zero.
**I** don’t collect rainwater and spit it out of my mouth, Greg. Am I a grotesque?
Gargoyles that aren’t from the Gargoyle region of France are just called Sparkling Statues.
You’d think spitting on someone would make you grotesque.
So the TV show, *Gargoyles*, was all a **lie**!?!?