2/2/2006: Record snowman

Undertoad · 02-02-2006, 11:06 AM

This is today's Earth Science Pic of the Day, although it really references something that happened in 1999. I had not seen this before so... you know the drill.

The ESPoD says This king sized snowman was made during the winter of 1999 in Bethel, Maine. It's 113 feet tall (34.5 m), weights approximately 9 million pounds and has entire fir trees for arms!

It also points out that they had to build it in a layer cake fashion, inside a metal frame, but it's solid, not hollow. And they say it didn't completely melt away until June 10.

I want one!

Trilby · 02-02-2006, 11:09 AM

They are very bored in Bethel, Maine.

But, it is pretty cool.

Happy Monkey · 02-02-2006, 11:29 AM

Ya gotta love the arms.

glatt · 02-02-2006, 11:33 AM

That's near my hometown. It's true that it does get a little boring there in the winter, unless you have enough cash to go skiing.

There's a movie of building this thing at the Guiness web page. Movie

Pancake Man · 02-02-2006, 11:40 AM

That's what happened when Godzilla and Frosty settled down and had children.

Kitsune · 02-02-2006, 11:50 AM

Neat, Glatt! On melting, they broke a second record by inadvertantly creating the world's largest snow penis.

wolf · 02-02-2006, 12:13 PM

That is very unsettling in a Mr. Stay-Puft kind of way.

LabRat · 02-02-2006, 12:57 PM

Way more better than a stupid shoe tree.

Trilby · 02-02-2006, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LabRat

Way more better than a stupid shoe tree.

Wow, I can't believe you feel this way, LabRat. Was I the only soul (get it? SOUL/SOLE? GET IT?) to think the shoe tree had an austere beauty?

The snowman is nice, in a post-modern sort of way. Scary, too.

dar512 · 02-02-2006, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

The snowman is nice, in a post-modern sort of way. Scary, too.

Ok. Who can tell Brianna is a college girl? "post-modern". Seriously.

Trilby · 02-02-2006, 02:54 PM

don't get all upset, dar. I'm not wearing a beret, yet. I was merely thinking along the lines of what Kevin Federline might say.

Riddil · 02-02-2006, 03:29 PM

Now that we're "post-modern", what are they going to call the next stage in artistic development? Double-post-modern? Ante-post-modern? Whoever came up with the expression "modern art" should be shot. All art was "modern art" during it's time. They just had more imaginative people to title the era.

Trilby · 02-02-2006, 03:42 PM

Millennial Art--?

Guess · 02-02-2006, 04:46 PM

I wouldn't want to be underneath those arms when that sucker melted

capnhowdy · 02-02-2006, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitsune

Neat, Glatt! On melting, they broke a second record by inadvertantly creating the world's largest snow penis.

More evidence:

NATURE WILL TAKE IT'S COURSE.

02-02-2006, 11:06 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/2/2006: Record snowman This is today's Earth Science Pic of the Day, although it really references something that happened in 1999. I had not seen this before so... you know the drill. The ESPoD says This king sized snowman was made during the winter of 1999 in Bethel, Maine. It's 113 feet tall (34.5 m), weights approximately 9 million pounds and has entire fir trees for arms! It also points out that they had to build it in a layer cake fashion, inside a metal frame, but it's solid, not hollow. And they say it didn't completely melt away until June 10. I want one!

02-02-2006, 11:09 AM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	They are very bored in Bethel, Maine. But, it is pretty cool. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-02-2006, 11:29 AM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Ya gotta love the arms. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-02-2006, 11:33 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's near my hometown. It's true that it does get a little boring there in the winter, unless you have enough cash to go skiing. There's a movie of building this thing at the Guiness web page. Movie Attached Images

02-02-2006, 12:13 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That is very unsettling in a Mr. Stay-Puft kind of way. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-02-2006, 11:40 AM	#5
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	That's what happened when Godzilla and Frosty settled down and had children.

02-02-2006, 11:50 AM	#6
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Neat, Glatt! On melting, they broke a second record by inadvertantly creating the world's largest snow penis.

02-02-2006, 12:57 PM	#8
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Way more better than a stupid shoe tree. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

02-02-2006, 02:54 PM	#11
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	don't get all upset, dar. I'm not wearing a beret, yet. I was merely thinking along the lines of what Kevin Federline might say. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-02-2006, 03:29 PM	#12
Riddil Management Consultant Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 165	Now that we're "post-modern", what are they going to call the next stage in artistic development? Double-post-modern? Ante-post-modern? Whoever came up with the expression "modern art" should be shot. All art was "modern art" during it's time. They just had more imaginative people to title the era. __________________ He who dares, wins, my son. He who dares! - SAS Boredom: the desire for desires. - Tolstoy

02-02-2006, 03:42 PM	#13
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Millennial Art--? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-02-2006, 04:46 PM	#14
Guess What's my name? Guess Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 69	I wouldn't want to be underneath those arms when that sucker melted __________________ "Earth laughs in flowers" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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