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Moray Posted Thu 05 Nov, 2009 6:34 PM |
lilly wrote: I'm still voting for "BIG THINGS".
Sadly, there are no (active) Australian boardies here, are there? Sigh.
Lilly, read 'Yes Man' by Danny Wallace. You'll see why when you do. |
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lilly Posted Thu 05 Nov, 2009 6:57 PM |
Moray wrote: lilly wrote: I'm still voting for "BIG THINGS".
Sadly, there are no (active) Australian boardies here, are there? Sigh.
Lilly, read 'Yes Man' by Danny Wallace. You'll see why when you do.
I read it this summer ;). That's one of the the main reasons why I'm so keen on seeing more of them now!
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lilly Posted Thu 05 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: I thought next up was Big Giant Roadside Attractions.
yes. YES!!!!
(Might need to build one first for my own avatar-picture, but never mind) |
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lilly Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 4:04 PM |
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minnmess Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 4:07 PM |
I can do roadside.
Any other suggestions? |
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Meridith Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 4:30 PM |
minnmess wrote: I can do roadside.
Any other suggestions?
We have a definite roadside attraction here called "the tree of life" or something like that. It's a massive sculpture out in the middle of the desert. |
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mili Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 5:12 PM |
lilly wrote: Turtleneck wrote: I thought next up was Big Giant Roadside Attractions.
yes. YES!!!!
(Might need to build one first for my own avatar-picture, but never mind)
Wouldn't this do?
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minnmess Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 5:40 PM |
| I have a picture with a giant goose and a giant nickle. Im good to go! |
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Turtleneck Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 5:52 PM |
| I'm in! |
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Moray Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 6:12 PM |
| Done and done. I am a giant Kiwi Fruit. My older sister was touring New Zealand this year and took photos of every 'Big Thing' she passed, since she knows I love Danny Wallace books. |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 6:18 PM |
Wow Mili!!! That looks amazing.
I live in the middle of a big city, so there are no roads with giant roadside stuff near me.
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Meridith Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 6:48 PM |
Alright, here's a wider view of mine. :) |
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Turtleneck Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 7:14 PM |
Meridith wrote:
Alright, here's a wider view of mine. :)
You're gonna have to help me out here, I see a baseball and some other things and what appear to be walnut shells on the ground?? |
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Meridith Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 7:37 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: Meridith wrote:
Alright, here's a wider view of mine. :)
You're gonna have to help me out here, I see a baseball and some other things and what appear to be walnut shells on the ground??
Well, it's supposed to be a tree. It's made out of concrete and the broken looking pieces are all a part of the sculpture. Like one of the "balls" fell from the tree and broke. Here's a little more info on it.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor:_The_Tree_of_Utah
As far as one of the balls looking like a baseball...I'm not sure what the artist's thoughts were on that.
It's out in the middle of the Salt Flats (west of SLC), just off the highway. |
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lilly Posted Thu 12 Nov, 2009 7:51 PM |
I Came in Through the Bathroom Window wrote:
Wow Mili!!! That looks amazing.
I live in the middle of a big city, so there are no roads with giant roadside stuff near me.
you mean the castle in the picture mili posted?
that's Neuschwanstein - it's in Bavaria, of course *lol* and it really looks like this. Disney-like and all. From the outside. ;)
Inside it's...very interesting. King Louis II didn't have the best, err, taste in interior design, but he had a great imagination. But I'm afraid a castle doesn't qualify as a Giant Roadside Attraction.
I'm still waiting for a friend to upload photos from her trip to Australia, so I can steal one for my avatar...
Until then, I'll have to go with the one "big thing"-esque attraction in my own city, a cliché.
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