Dian Fossey

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Back off topic:  What is it about shitty little towns that put up huge Goddamn ridiculous monuments to stupid shit?  The giant nickel in Sudbury is almost as depressing as the big concrete cashew in Seguin.

I think its the municipal version of a roadside attraction.

The only people who would stop for something like that are already in Branson, Missouri.

[hooplala]

Back off topic:  What is it about shitty little towns that put up huge Goddamn ridiculous monuments to stupid shit?  The giant nickel in Sudbury is almost as depressing as the big concrete cashew in Seguin.

I think its the municipal version of a roadside attraction.

The only people who would stop for something like that are already in Branson, Missouri.

Toronto has a giant sonic screwdriver next to the Skydome... apparently we're big Dr Who fans.

[Junkenstein]

Back off topic:  What is it about shitty little towns that put up huge Goddamn ridiculous monuments to stupid shit?  The giant nickel in Sudbury is almost as depressing as the big concrete cashew in Seguin.

Politicians after making a name for themselves with shitty monuments mainly. Cheap vote getter as supporting the arts and those who don't like it generally never care enough to find out who's responsible.

[hooplala]

Is this a North American thing?  Or do other places do this?

[LMNO]

[hooplala]

Oh, right.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The main thing she did was stir up a great deal of antagonism from regional villagers toward the movement to preserve the gorillas, and it's very likely that she caused many more killings than would have occurred if she had left well enough alone. Sapolsky wrote about her a bit.

Extremism always winds up like that.

Yeah, people started killing gorillas JUST to piss her off.

Oops.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Back off topic:  What is it about shitty little towns that put up huge Goddamn ridiculous monuments to stupid shit?  The giant nickel in Sudbury is almost as depressing as the big concrete cashew in Seguin.

A giant nickel. 

Around here we mostly satisfy ourselves with Paul Bunyan, because Paul Bunyan.

However, we also have what may be Oregon's most famous and beloved roadside attraction, the Mystery Hole.

[LMNO]

Gardner, MA, has a giant chair.



The offspring of Pilgrims are fucking boring.

[Cain]

Some tard did this piece of "conceptual art", about 20 miles away:

[LMNO]

Some tard did this piece of "conceptual art", about 20 miles away:

ECO-TERRORISM.

[Cain]

Only when the neo-Druids show up.  Apparently the wisdom of the ancients does not extend to the importance of personal hygiene.

[Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ]

Back off topic:  What is it about shitty little towns that put up huge Goddamn ridiculous monuments to stupid shit?  The giant nickel in Sudbury is almost as depressing as the big concrete cashew in Seguin.

A giant nickel. 

Around here we mostly satisfy ourselves with Paul Bunyan, because Paul Bunyan.

However, we also have what may be Oregon's most famous and beloved roadside attraction, the Mystery Hole.

We have a field of giant concrete corn. Because Ohio.

[Enrico Salazar]

the Mystery Hole.

Was Enrico's nickname in high school.

[LMNO]