{"product_id":"billy-connolly-a-load-of-old-bollocks-yellow-stripes-original","title":"A Load Of Old Bollocks | Yellow Stripes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of colourful mixed-media original artworks features some of Billy Connolly’s most iconic images from his unmistakable Born on a Rainy Day series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece was inspired by Billy seeing baskets of balls in design showrooms. He says: “They’re all over the place now. Balls with balls in them; they have string ones and wax ones and ones with spots on them. The balls from fishing nets to keep them afloat. And glass ones and wooden ones – they keep them in a big dish in design showrooms, and I’ve often wanted one. I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted it for, and it reminded me of one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I couldn’t think of a name for the piece, so I thought ‘A Load of Old Bollocks’ would cover it nicely. It’s a lovely statement – a load of old bollocks. You can say it wherever you like, you can say it about Shakespeare – “what a load of old bollocks!” You can say it about songs, poems – “a load of old bollocks!” And it just sums things up. It’s a nice thing, that basket of balls; it’ll never have a use. It’s a load of old bollocks! It’ll never be welded, it’ll never be riveted, it’ll never mean anything to anybody. It’s a load of old bollocks, and it pleases me greatly”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover more of Billy's mixed-media original artworks \u003ca href=\"\/en-us\/collections\/mixed-media-original-artwork\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Billy Connolly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57469312041309,"sku":"BCN-ORI-POR-36405","price":33750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0883\/1906\/6461\/files\/bcn-ori-por-36405-a-load-of-old-bollocks-yellow-stripes-1_2025-04-03T14-37-48.jpg?v=1745928797","url":"https:\/\/www.castlefineart.com\/en-us\/products\/billy-connolly-a-load-of-old-bollocks-yellow-stripes-original","provider":"Castle Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}