Comments | sparkle_shortz: ruh roh. hope i can get home.

sparkle_shortz

ruh roh. hope i can get home.

Jun 21, 2005 17:22

Snapple held an event in Union Square at 12:30 today to launch their new ice pops. They created an "Ice Scraper" a two-and-a-half story tall, 20-ton, kiwi strawberry-flavored ice pop to celebrate the first day of summer and to beat the Guinness World Record for the World Biggest Ice Pop. The giant ice pop melted and flooded the street ( Read more... )

urban disasters, union square, giant ice pops

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sparkle_shortz June 22 2005, 03:37:59 UTC

Weirdly, and I work right next to Union Square, I saw neither hide nor hair nor trace of this disaster. Granted, at lunch, shortly after the thing was unveiled, I was heading the other way, and I didn't end up having time to check out the site until almost 8 pm, but yeah, nothing was affected. I was hoping at least the subway steps would be sticky for fun.

I love the ice dildo quote.

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sparkle_shortz June 22 2005, 16:47:45 UTC

It appears it was on the other side of the square (which is about 4 blocks across). But there are pictures.

chitinous June 21 2005, 22:05:12 UTC

Oh, that is so sad, but so funny!

sparkle_shortz June 22 2005, 03:42:23 UTC

I do feel bad for the injured guy. But otherwise, it's hysterical.

kaffeesuchtig June 21 2005, 22:06:57 UTC

i love that you have a tag called urban disasters.

sparkle_shortz June 22 2005, 03:41:50 UTC

Clearly this necessitated it!

princessrugger June 22 2005, 01:37:47 UTC

am i a bad person for thinking that this is the funniest fucking thing i have heard in a very long time?!

sparkle_shortz June 22 2005, 03:41:26 UTC

Not at all, that's why I posted it, m'dear. I was reading it to K on the phone and she was chortling and demanding a post.

metalclarinet June 24 2005, 03:55:49 UTC

I'm sure that Homeland Security will be all over this thing. What if this thing had been smuggled into the country by narco-eco-Islamic terrorists? We need a rule that you can't carry giant ice pops onto airplanes. We need hasmat crews with special self-chilling insulating foam. We need people to lay their hands on every cargo container passing in the U.S. If it feels cold, we need to blow it up behind a big pile of sandbags.