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My Favorite Giant Things

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:59 am
by rachael_Archive
Giant Mushroom:

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[url=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070710184905.473qrihk&show_article=1&image=large]"A more than 20-kilo (41-lb) mushroom has been picked in a forest in Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas, university officials said Tuesday.

The white mushroom, macrocybe titans, measured a towering 70 cm (27 in) tall, was found near Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border, according to the Southern Border University Center. "[/url]


Giant Squid:

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There is also such a thing as a Colossal Squid.

My Favorite Giant Things

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:06 am
by Minotaur029_Archive
I have to go with the ancient Giant Penguin (recently discovered). There was already a thread on this...and there's a great picture on National Geographic illustrating the size of these fuckers...but alas, I couldn't post that picture here.

Luckily, I was able to find this...which I imagine is a fair representation of these once majestic creatures:

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My Favorite Giant Things

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:10 am
by DrAwkward_Archive
I demand to know what the fuck the squid are up to. Think about it: they are a mystery and near-legend for centuries, and all of a sudden now they start surfacing more often? What the eff is going on? A giant squid recently just randomly washed up on an Australian beach.

Something is up and i want to know what it is. Global Warming? Atlantis rising from the ocean floor? The marinara trench has finally become too filled with tomatoey sauce to sustain life?

Or are the squids planning a surface invasion?

My Favorite Giant Things

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:11 am
by fedaykin13_Archive
Minotaur029 wrote:I have to go with the ancient Giant Penguin (recently discovered). There was already a thread on this...and there's a great picture on National Geographic illustrating the size of these fuckers...but alas, I couldn't post that picture here.

Luckily, I was able to find this...which I imagine is a fair representation of these once majestic creatures:

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ahhh
this gave me a great laugh...which i need
thanks
and reminded me of a great H.P. Lovecraft story

My Favorite Giant Things

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:22 am
by Colonel Panic_Archive
Giant Robo!

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Little Giant

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Giant Mekong catfish

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Andre The Giant

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My Favorite Giant Things

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:55 am
by rachael_Archive
How could I have forgotten!?

Victoria Cruziana:

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I prefer this giant water lily to the Amazonica. So beautiful.

My Favorite Giant Things

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:03 am
by mrdfnle_Archive
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My Favorite Giant Things

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:08 am
by B_M_L_Archive
Sorry Rachael, not as nice as your giant water lily, but my favorite is The giant L&P bottle:

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The have the lilies at Kew too -

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My Favorite Giant Things

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:11 am
by Colonel Panic_Archive
Giant Panda

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Giant Pig

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Gas Giant

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My Favorite Giant Things

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:40 am
by alex maiolo_Archive
One needs no more proof that this is a classy bunch of people beyond the fact that nobody has made a weenus joke.

Yet.

One of my favorite huge things is that gigantic amp that the Green (Orange) company made in the 70's. Someone posted a photo of one here awhile ago and I've dreamed about it ever since.

-A