The most striking feature, however, is unarguably the towering jolly giant, Gnome Chomsky. He stands invitingly on the hill facing the highway, challenging one and all to come enjoy the scenery, visit the farm, and play a round or two of mini golf.
*Update (as of Aug 2011) Chomsky no longer holds the Guinness World Record. Reiman Gardens in Iowa is home to a Gnome that stands 15 feet tall. Although there is a Gnome in Poland who towers at 18 ft, but unlike Chomsky and the Reiman Gardens' gnome, theirs is made of fiberglass.
― Slumdog Baseballionaire (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 8 May 2014 02:17 (twelve years ago)
http://needled.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/dream6.jpg
this looks like a future sound of london cover
― funny and lolexander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 8 May 2014 02:19 (twelve years ago)
terrifying statue + abandoned theme parkhttp://signifyingnot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/abandoned_amusement_park_oukoku_japan-461x299.jpghttp://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--lvPnVXms--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/18lr3jo7cshxojpg.jpg
― Aglet, Thursday, 8 May 2014 03:15 (twelve years ago)
what the fuck
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 May 2014 03:39 (twelve years ago)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3296/3087314618_e96f2068f7.jpg
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 8 May 2014 09:02 (twelve years ago)
Anyone mentioned the giant breastfeeding statue of Nami island South Korea? Some people find it disturbing.https://sneakerssocksandsoju.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/south-koreas-best-kept-secret-namisum-island/
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 8 May 2014 12:40 (twelve years ago)
http://gawker.com/man-takes-stomach-churning-selfie-atop-brazils-christ-t-1584498025
― ogmor, Monday, 2 June 2014 06:50 (twelve years ago)
hey you kids, get down from that savior!
― how's life, Monday, 2 June 2014 13:40 (twelve years ago)
Saw "The Awakening" posted by NickB upthread irl! It was moved from where it used to be (the corner of a far-out park in DC that doesn't get much foot traffic) to the center area of an outdoor mall developed a few miles south of DC (called the Nat'l Harbor). The context makes it all the more unsettling; children now play on it:
http://www.somdnews.com/storyimage/PN/20130102/NEWS/701029750/AR/0/AR-701029750.jpg
― franklin, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 03:32 (eleven years ago)
All I see is foot traffic.
― pplains, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 03:52 (eleven years ago)
heh, should have been more careful with my gis. But I swear it's true, trust me!
― franklin, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 04:00 (eleven years ago)
"Dream" in St Helens is magnificent
― Treeship, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 04:03 (eleven years ago)
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2003/07/24_baxtera_thebigmove/images/paulkids_large.jpg
― mh, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 04:18 (eleven years ago)
Because there's a GIANT FOOT coming out of the sand, seewhatImean?
― pplains, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 15:09 (eleven years ago)
Joe Louis memorial in Detroithttp://www.blacksnowcomic.com/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/joe-louis-fist.jpg
and there's another big Joe in Cobo Hall, though maybe not by this thread's standardshttp://www.detroitfunk.com/imagecopyrighted/FEB05/DSC01101.jpg
― Brio2, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 15:48 (eleven years ago)
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/77266000/jpg/_77266066_afp-warrior-by-night.jpghttp://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/111003025221-skopje-2014-warrior-horizontal-gallery.jpg
― Euler, Saturday, 30 August 2014 15:56 (eleven years ago)
http://i58.tinypic.com/70wa5x.jpg
Apparently this is in Lebanon.
― "a bit of goatery, some demonry" (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 07:32 (eleven years ago)
http://i62.tinypic.com/25547iv.jpg
― "a bit of goatery, some demonry" (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 07:33 (eleven years ago)
that is actually terrifying
― Roz, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 11:02 (eleven years ago)
this thread
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 12:26 (eleven years ago)
I hope the Lebanese aren't trypophobic
― alanbatman (abanana), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 17:17 (eleven years ago)
wow that is amazing
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 17:19 (eleven years ago)
that is amazing and terrifying and straight off a Voivod album cover
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Voivod
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:48 (eleven years ago)
http://boredomfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/01-underwater-city.jpg
― Losing swag by the second (Dan Peterson), Friday, 20 February 2015 23:29 (eleven years ago)
magic - a whole season of Lost in just one shot
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 23 February 2015 14:49 (eleven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/xDc34Et.jpg
― 龜, Saturday, 18 April 2015 13:07 (eleven years ago)
http://balkanist.net/national-mothers-of-socialism/
― who epitomises beta better than (ShariVari), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 13:08 (ten years ago)
Mother of Georgia looks like a nice lady, if frighteningly ripped.
― that's why god destroyed the radio (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 07:09 (ten years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/C4Ot2UQ.jpg
― 龜, Sunday, 5 July 2015 15:48 (ten years ago)
My brain can't process what's happening there.
― emil.y, Sunday, 5 July 2015 16:07 (ten years ago)
Vladimir the Great
― holger sharkey (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 July 2015 16:20 (ten years ago)
if you angle the camera down just a little bit more it's like a mini-ringworld xp
― 龜, Sunday, 5 July 2015 16:29 (ten years ago)
Read that giant Vladimir has been nixed but it might just be a rumour.
― who epitomises beta better than (ShariVari), Sunday, 5 July 2015 16:36 (ten years ago)
i like this guy
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z8bbbUtFCNw/VVIUdIrzHAI/AAAAAAAAo6U/TLcr4CnYjbI/s640/2.jpg
― ogmor, Friday, 1 January 2016 17:13 (ten years ago)
hi!
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Friday, 1 January 2016 17:33 (ten years ago)
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/086E/production/_87485120_2f7b1318-2428-4dac-9ea5-0448d0ec01f4.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-35230137
― seb mooczag (NickB), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 11:15 (ten years ago)
http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1401946/mubarak-statue.jpg
― seb mooczag (NickB), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 11:16 (ten years ago)
http://www.orwelltoday.com/leninmaostatstand.jpg
http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/55c4be6a2acae7f4028be2cc-1200/chinese-artists-spent-two-years-creating-this-26-foot-tall-sculpture-of-marilyn-monroes-famous-scene-from-the-seven-year-itch.jpg
― seb mooczag (NickB), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 11:18 (ten years ago)
Looks like she's ready for the jump into hyperspace
― stupid children forever (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 9 January 2016 20:26 (ten years ago)
have we done this one yet?
http://dougkerr.net/images/general/Unconditional%20Surrender_F19406R.jpg
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Sunday, 14 February 2016 20:39 (ten years ago)
Gross. Reminds me of these alien-headed mutants in St Pancras International:
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2279/2246361513_5e7901a51a_o_d.jpg
― ledge, Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:10 (ten years ago)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/4b6a0236be9179758b3382379ce93ecfc1834be6.jpg
― ledge, Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:13 (ten years ago)
i know it was upthread but even more menacing picture of denver horse
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/t31.0-8/1146939_770318014890_547285615_o.jpg
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:28 (ten years ago)
Any picture of that bronco is pretty fucking menacing.
But yeah, some more than others.
― pplains, Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:41 (ten years ago)
I mean hell, this is just from the Google Street View car passing by.
http://i.imgur.com/4cFD3gM.png
― pplains, Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:45 (ten years ago)
lol
one time my friend and i had to pull off the highway near that bronco, we ended up in a parking lot that was specifically for people waiting to pick up people from their flights. i saw two fender benders in five minutes walking back from the porta potty in the parking lot... also we were passed on the shoulder by someone going 90+ mph on the highway right before
people in colorado are really bad at driving is what i'm saying
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:53 (ten years ago)
may or may not be related to the distended bronco looming over all
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:54 (ten years ago)
completely related, imo.
― pplains, Sunday, 14 February 2016 21:57 (ten years ago)
They're probably just trying to outrun it
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Sunday, 14 February 2016 22:02 (ten years ago)