Friday, January 15, 2010

30-foot Tall Snowman Terrorizes Neighborhood


I just saw on the Weather Channel that a family in Nebraska built a 30 foot tall snowman.  He's a kind of skinny guy, but it's pretty impressive.  According to this very short article, they built the first fifteen feet using boards and a snow-blower.  (Cheaters!)  Once it got too tall to build from the ground, Dad pulled out a ladder and his kids threw him snow.  I can't even imagine having enough snow in my yard (or the entire county for that matter),  to make any size snowman, much less one that wouldn't melt before nightfall.  I don't even remember the last time it snowed here.  It's such a rare event that we'll even consider sleet snow sometimes.  Hey, it's frozen and (kind of) white.  We make do with what we've got.  When we get a "blizzard", we might be able to clap together a snowball.  Anyway, back to Frosty's cousin!  This enormous snowman in Nebraska (they've named him Luigi) took 3 days to make.  I love the traffic cone they used for the nose.  They used plates for the buttons and eyes. 


But the thing that really caught my attention?  Check out this next photo:



Can you see his mouth?  Do you recognize what they're using there?  BRICKS.  They've got bricks packed into the snow on the front of this thing.  Now, it may make for a nice smile on the snowman, but all I can think of is what is going to happen when it starts melting??  Or evaporating, for that matter - I'm sure there is plenty of wind 30 feet up.  Bricks are going to fall from 20 to 30 feet in the air!  Did nobody think of this yet?  Do they have a safety perimeter set up around Luigi to keep spectators safe from falling bricks?  Is this a designated hard-hat area?  All I can say is, what were they thinking?  This family has built uber-snowmen before.  Last year their record was 26 feet.  So maybe they've got practice with masonry mouthing and falling bricks.  Who knows?  But I think someone should make a public service announcement to the residents of Kenesaw, Nebraska.  Keep an eye on the sky, your children, and pets.  The sky could be falling today! 

Photos found here.

7 comments:

  1. I also thought the traffic cone was priceless, but you're right, once the winter thaw commences, it'll be a pickle.

    jenji

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  2. Jenji - And I can't help but wonder now, how did they get that traffic cone to stay on? Maybe it's placed on a stick that is poking through poor Luigi's head?

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  3. Well, I think before one makes commentary on something they know nothing about, one should do their research! I don't know where you live, but it's probably not in the middle of nowhere! This snowman DOES live in the middle of nowhere--he's basically in the middle of a cornfield. How often do YOU walk in the middle of a cornfield for the heck of it? He's not by a sidewalk where people are walking; He's not in town; and He's not going to hurt anyone by turning his smile into a frown.

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  4. Anonymous - While it's not as funny as I'd like it to be, this is a humor blog. I don't actually think your 30 foot snowman is terrorizing the neighborhood.

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  5. ok i have to clerify i am noah young the kid that helped make it if you want proof just ask wierd questions about it and ill asnwer them anyway the cone is put on by a fence post in his head lol the cone sits on the post and we specifficaly built the snowman 20 feet off the COUNTRY road. but i like your blog surfie

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  6. Hi Noah! (I have a nephew named Noah.) :) So THAT'S how you got that traffic cone to stay up there! I do have another question for you since your family has done this before. How long do your giant snowmen usually last before they melt or fall apart? I've seen a lot of pictures where people have built snowmen in their yards and all the snow everywhere else has melted away, but the snowmen last several days longer. I bet yours must last quite a long time!

    I'm glad you like my blog. Thanks for stopping by!

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  7. Well it all depends on the weather the one we did last year stayed up with all its features for about a week but altogether it took about a month. This one only had his features up for about two days infact while the news was there filming pieces of his smile started falling off.He lost all his pieces already because its so warm but now its cold and staying upright. when my dad gets back(he left for India the day after we finished it) we will try to fix it up again

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