What's with the arm thing? 
Didn't George Washington used to do that too?  It must mean something, but what?  Maybe they had dirty fingernails and were trying to hide them. 
Yep, that must be it.
9.  Napoleon On A Stick
Or more directly, Napoleon on a dick.  Obelisks are everywhere in London, the great old symbol of the phallus, one of the favorite's of the elite.  They certainly are obsessed with genitalia.  Probably because they rarely get to use theirs, legitimately at least.
 
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