minx Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 giant popsicle NEW YORK - An attempt to erect the world's largest popsicle in a city square ended with a scene straight out of a disaster film — but much stickier. The 25-foot-tall, 17 1/2-ton treat of frozen Snapple juice melted faster than expected Tuesday, flooding Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground. Firefighters closed off several streets and used hoses to wash away the sugary goo. Snapple had been trying to promote a new line of frozen treats by setting a record for the world's largest popsicle, but called off the stunt before the it was pulled fully upright by a construction crane. Authorities said they were worried the thing would collapse in the 80-degree, first-day-of-summer heat. "What was unsettling was that the fluid just kept coming," Stuart Claxton of the Guinness Book of World Records told the Daily News. "It was quite a lot of fluid. On a hot day like this, you have to move fast." Snapple official Lauren Radcliffe said the company was unlikely to make a second attempt to break the record, set by a 21-foot ice pop in Holland in 1997. The giant ice pop was supposed to have been able to withstand the heat for some time, and organizers weren't sure why it didn't. It had been made in Edison, N.J., and hauled to New York by freezer truck in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wags Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Id love to see a picture of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinker Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 photo gallery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 no doubt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 no diabetic emergencies today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinker Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 video of it here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglehead Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 That's so fucking awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 it should have been kiwi-strawberry-speach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 it should have been kiwi-strawberry-speach speach -passion fruit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 perhaps they should have waited until winter ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 it should have been kiwi-strawberry-speachspeach -passion fruit Speach is, by definition, a fruit of passion. (See: Freedom of Speach thread) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 perhaps they should have waited until winter ... mmmm....frozen speach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 perhaps they should have waited until winter ... mmmm....frozen speach Spoken like a true alpinista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 hmmm...but is frozen speach really free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 perhaps they should have waited until winter ... mmmm....frozen speach Spoken like a true alpinista. it goes with my blue boobies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Common pathology among racy HA women climbers: frozen speach on blue boobies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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