World's Largest DragonflyCanada's Largest Dragonfly
Two different entries, but if they're not the same thing then my head will explode trying to work this one out.
― emil.y, Saturday, 27 February 2021 02:25 (three years ago) link
voted Enterprise obvsecond largest bee came close tho, not gonna lie
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 February 2021 02:58 (three years ago) link
I’ve seen the enterprise. It’s about 2h from my house.
― Guys don’t @ me because I tazed my own balls alright? (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 27 February 2021 05:11 (three years ago) link
hero ^
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 February 2021 05:20 (three years ago) link
more photos are needed itt
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 February 2021 05:21 (three years ago) link
But I have never seen the 2nd largest bee
― Guys don’t @ me because I tazed my own balls alright? (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 27 February 2021 06:11 (three years ago) link
*points to door*
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 February 2021 06:29 (three years ago) link
After googling some pictures, I am going with my initial choice of World’s Largest Beaver.
― MrDasher, Saturday, 27 February 2021 06:30 (three years ago) link
Second Largest Bee is 7 feet tall and 16 feet long, lol at these carefully angled photographs designed to make it look bigger
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/20/87/0920877f7ac24f0f40810cec9f451160.jpg
― soref, Saturday, 27 February 2021 09:55 (three years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/CEMJ0isbbFIqrrT_Sj4Jnx6LZb4OeD_RT8tULBJFJNWooeTPQ4Eqn9cyEGsPUXg_NWu41UYTHUmm-2gQfg-Xv2S34aYf
Oops. This is the same thing, but I can't imagine there'll be so many dragonfly aficionados that there's a risk of vote-splitting
There are pictures for a lot of them in the wikipedia article where a bunch of the list comes from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giants_of_the_Prairies
― salsa shark, Saturday, 27 February 2021 10:44 (three years ago) link
I like the wacky/dopey cartoony-ness of these ones:
suzie the softballhttps://www.todocanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/Sooftball-Village-of-Chauvin.jpg
giant potato ladshttps://southernalberta.com/business/datapics/photos/vauxhalltown.jpg
I'm so disappointed that I didn't know there was a world's largest freestanding banana in Manitoba when I put together the list - late write-in entry for this guy imohttps://media.winnipegfreepress.com/images/600*432/150810-melita-banana-c.jpg
― salsa shark, Saturday, 27 February 2021 11:08 (three years ago) link
I voted for the skunk because I misread the town name as Berserker. It's a pretty terrifying statue of moderate size anyway.
― your passion oozzes from the (ultros ultros-ghali), Saturday, 27 February 2021 14:44 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I know it's not Canada, but we're planning a trip to downstate Illinois, where there is all sorts of giant stuff, from:
World's Largest Geriatric Walkerhttps://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/il/ILEDWwalker_snoddy.jpg
to the World's Largest Ketchup bottle
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0f/bc/54/c3/world-famous-brooks-catsup.jpg
To the world's largest statue of the world's tallest man (the proverbial Giant of Illinois)
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/il/ILALTwadlow_dk1_360x540.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 February 2021 15:03 (three years ago) link
I'm looking up pictures now and a lot of these aren't that impressive size-wise. I guess the competition for "world's largest" is only fierce when it comes to certain subjects. The USS Enterprise looks very disappointingly small too.
― emil.y, Saturday, 27 February 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
This genuinely looks cool, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegreville_egg
If I hadn't already voted I would vote for this guy, I think.
― emil.y, Saturday, 27 February 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
https://i2-prod.examinerlive.co.uk/incoming/article4898940.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/dickie-bird-cuts-open-the-2000-denby-dale-pie-667897979.jpgThey have a tradition of making giant pies in Denby Dale, at one point they held the world record for biggest ever meat and potato pie. I thought the thread could do with a pic of Dickie Bird thrusting a sword into a gigantic pie.
― calzino, Saturday, 27 February 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
Not gonna lie, I regret my vote.
https://i.imgur.com/dnUodmo.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
I mean, I read "World's Largest Animated Grizzly Bear" and got way too excited about the possibilities.
― pplains, Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
World's Largest Bunnock is...kinda sexy?World's Largest Kielbasa is definitely not.
Going with World's Largest Animated Grizzly Bear. The 2D-ness speaks to me, I guess. It reminds me of this giant miner ("Big John") from Upper Michigan that I used to see when I visited my grandparents.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/WxxWLD_wdE8mu489ndjWgWAXFbcRYBSSijD5U3-pNiPFWgdYNBEfgleaph9TH1ZwX2UPZ7el90oUYsQdFcbqnH7zHLGOl2mwaGJxIRQ_9yu3hLdO77gOpkr_YqLep6oZKRqyrSr4yv9Sr6aBtGQZRfjn
― peace, man, Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:11 (three years ago) link
This facebook (sorry, sic) video of the giant animated bear shows that it is impressively noisy! Plus the two guys on camera do a pretty convincing Wilhelm.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=261796425029888
― peace, man, Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link
I'm looking up pictures now and a lot of these aren't that impressive size-wiseSecond Largest Bee is 7 feet tall and 16 feet long, lol at these carefully angled photographs designed to make it look bigger
Okay but it's still a pretty fuckin huge bee.
Me I've always been partial to the Longaberger Basket building
http://slickmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Longaberger-Basket-Building-Newark-USA.jpg
Note: last I heard this is for sale! We can pool our savings and buy it together.
― display names are for n00bs (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link
https://www.nbc12.com/resizer/NrJmbylh7K12FCMNnlV_ejnRfdQ=/1200x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-raycom.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NNJYJHYZBVFPVKTMZXZAUF5AWM.jpg
― display names are for n00bs (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
Don't put all your ilx0rs in one basket.
― emil.y, Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:59 (three years ago) link
I'm a big fan of novelty architecture. Like, look at this crab! Look at it! A crab that you can go inside! How wonderful.
https://video-images.vice.com/_uncategorized/1537875518472-Weird-Novelty-Architecture-6.jpeg
― salsa shark, Saturday, 27 February 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
Poll results would probably be pretty different if picture polls were a possibility though, yeah... spare a thought for all the people in the pre-internet age who may have read about some of these 'world's largests' in a guide book and got to experience the disappointment of e.g. the animated bear in person after taking a detour to see it.
― salsa shark, Saturday, 27 February 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
I guess I was imagining a 50-ft version of this thing:
https://i.imgur.com/nxy1AnD.png
― pplains, Saturday, 27 February 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 28 February 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
an absolutely stunning result for the world's second largest bee
the thread starter is currently busy playing Hitman but has indicated that she sees this as "evidence of a hive mind mentality"
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Sunday, 28 February 2021 00:02 (three years ago) link
I myself voted for the 2nd largest bee, because the question is which one you visit first, and it makes sense to work up to the larger bee
I have already ridden the world's largest indoor rollercoaster and seen the gopher. I would not immediately prioritise doing either again, partly because of the redundancy and, in the gopher's case, because the whole gopher-centric vibe of that town is frankly a little unnerving
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Sunday, 28 February 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link
Oh my God, you're not kidding! From the Torrington Gopher Hole Museum:https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/gI6z7FjGbz1ZDMAi7o7iWw/o.jpg
― peace, man, Sunday, 28 February 2021 12:29 (three years ago) link
You gotta play to your natural ... ah ... advantages
― Guys don’t @ me because I tazed my own balls alright? (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 28 February 2021 12:35 (three years ago) link
Or, When life hands you gophers you make ...
nightmares. you make nightmares.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 28 February 2021 15:51 (three years ago) link
Torrington was aghast in 2013 when Clem was found toppled from his pedestal, the victim of what the town called "inherent design flaws" and possibly some gopher-hating fiend giving Clem a hard push. The smiling fiberglass rodent was rebuilt, repaired, and reattached with enhanced nudge-proof anchoring in 2015.
― peace, man, Sunday, 28 February 2021 16:05 (three years ago) link
i love ilx
― sarahell, Sunday, 28 February 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
thank for the new display name
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 February 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
Taxidermist humor is all about getting mounted and stuffed.
― peace, man, Monday, 1 March 2021 11:49 (three years ago) link
i know it's not prairies but
Just learned there is a giant pistachio in Alamogordo, NM pic.twitter.com/4g9qkFWUD7— Godzilla vs Bong (@Grief_Eater) March 1, 2021
― The Scampo Fell to Earth (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 09:17 (three years ago) link
NEWS FLASH giant cheeto comes to Cheadle, limited time only
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-hamlet-of-cheadle-now-home-to-giant-cheeto-statue-1.6095656
no word on whether it is the world's biggest or merely one among more impressively-sized puffy dusty cheese snacks, however
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 21:47 (one year ago) link