August 8, 2007: Giant lego man (is crushing your head)

Undertoad · 08-08-2007, 04:14 PM

Axlrosen points this item out from the Chicago Tribune, where the full story is nothing but a caption:

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A huge Lego man is seen at the beach of Zandvoort in the Netherlands, where the owners of a beach pub discovered it on Aug. 07, 2007. Nobody seemed to know where it came from.

Remember when newspaper people knew how to write? Googling around for more info, it turns out that this giant didn't show up all... erect, and stuff, he actually just washed ashore on Tuesday. No explanation.

It had to be on purpose, don't you think?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-08-2007, 04:23 PM

Giant Lego man washed up on Dutch beachPosted Wed Aug 8, 2007 6:03am AEST

Washed up: Children play around the giant Lego man (Reuters: Paul Vreeker)
A giant, smiling Lego man has been fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort.

Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-metre tall model, which had a yellow head and blue torso.

"We saw something bobbing about in the sea and we decided to take it out of the water," said a stall worker. "It was a life-sized Lego toy."

A woman nearby added: "I saw the Lego toy floating towards the beach from the direction of England."

The toy was later placed in front of the drinks stall.

-Reuters

glatt · 08-08-2007, 04:29 PM

Floating from England, eh?

spudcon · 08-08-2007, 05:01 PM

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Floating from England, eh?

When something washes up on the beach, how do you tell it came from the direction of England? It's probably like a Trojan horse, but is filled with angry elm tree seeds, looking to get even for Dutch Elm disease.

DanaC · 08-08-2007, 05:02 PM

Hah. So that's where Ego went.....yeah....we all had a big fuckin party last week...the whole country, and Ego figured he'd buzz the Dutch for a laff.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-08-2007, 05:14 PM

I guess we can't eat this one.
I was wondering if it was part of a set... where are #s 1 through 8?

Elspode · 08-08-2007, 06:43 PM

Isn't anyone going to ask why someone has graphically inserted "No real than you are" on the picture of the front of this thing?

DanaC · 08-08-2007, 06:55 PM

Ohhhh, so glad you can see that too!.....didn't want to say y'know...

Slight · 08-08-2007, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Isn't anyone going to ask why someone has graphically inserted "No real than you are" on the picture of the front of this thing?

it not inserted, look here, it just looks that way because its so in focus while everything else isn't, because its not actually lego, because its a jpeg and because it's missing the word 'more'.

DanaC · 08-08-2007, 07:14 PM

Why is it missing the word 'more'?

claynjen · 08-08-2007, 07:27 PM

did anyone notice that the girl on the left in the 2nd pic was actually copping a feel?

BeltNah · 08-08-2007, 08:18 PM

I found this yesterday also and wanted to give a link for the page and pictures so that it could be used for an image of the day but couldn't find out how to enter it.. If I find something interesting who do I tell?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-08-2007, 08:27 PM

Email Undertoad.

Kingswood · 08-09-2007, 12:05 AM

Meanwhile, somewhere in England, there is a giant lego house with a giant lego woman wondering where her husband has got to.

DanaC · 08-09-2007, 04:19 AM

hahaha. Funny Kingswood

08-08-2007, 04:23 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Giant Lego man washed up on Dutch beachPosted Wed Aug 8, 2007 6:03am AEST Washed up: Children play around the giant Lego man (Reuters: Paul Vreeker) A giant, smiling Lego man has been fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort. Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-metre tall model, which had a yellow head and blue torso. "We saw something bobbing about in the sea and we decided to take it out of the water," said a stall worker. "It was a life-sized Lego toy." A woman nearby added: "I saw the Lego toy floating towards the beach from the direction of England." The toy was later placed in front of the drinks stall. -Reuters __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-08-2007, 05:14 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I guess we can't eat this one. I was wondering if it was part of a set... where are #s 1 through 8? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-08-2007, 06:43 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Isn't anyone going to ask why someone has graphically inserted "No real than you are" on the picture of the front of this thing? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-08-2007, 08:18 PM	#12
BeltNah Regulator of Squalor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 37	Question I found this yesterday also and wanted to give a link for the page and pictures so that it could be used for an image of the day but couldn't find out how to enter it.. If I find something interesting who do I tell?

08-08-2007, 08:27 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Email Undertoad. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-08-2007, 04:29 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Floating from England, eh?

08-08-2007, 05:02 PM	#5
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Hah. So that's where Ego went.....yeah....we all had a big fuckin party last week...the whole country, and Ego figured he'd buzz the Dutch for a laff.

08-08-2007, 06:55 PM	#8
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Ohhhh, so glad you can see that too!.....didn't want to say y'know...

08-08-2007, 07:14 PM	#10
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Why is it missing the word 'more'?

08-08-2007, 07:27 PM	#11
claynjen Questionist Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8	did anyone notice that the girl on the left in the 2nd pic was actually copping a feel?

08-09-2007, 12:05 AM	#14
Kingswood Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Vic Posts: 316	Meanwhile, somewhere in England, there is a giant lego house with a giant lego woman wondering where her husband has got to. __________________ Ur is a city in Mesopotamia.

08-09-2007, 04:19 AM	#15
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	hahaha. Funny Kingswood

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