Touched by a Smiley Mechanical Bull

"touch and be touched" is the sensual tag line that accompanies The Character Ride, an art installation that is part of the Pictoplasma exhibit, in the Netherlands.

Okay, so it looks a little like those western mechanical bull-riding scenarios, only the bull is sporting an emoticon smile, and the rider's get-up strikes an alien chord as he resembles one of those round little white micro-men from a Sponge Pocket commercial.