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Giant Snapple project floods New York square
CBC Canada ^
| June 23, 2005
| Staff
Posted on 06/23/2005 6:05:15 AM PDT by Zunt Toad
An attempt to erect a 16-tonne ice pop in a New York square [Union Square] froze traffic and created a sticky situation for the company behind the stunt.
The soft-drink maker Snapple tried to get into the Guinness World Records book by installing the 7½-metre confection in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday.
As a construction crane began to haul it upright, a pink tide of kiwi-strawberry-flavoured fluid spread across Union Square.
The slush forced pedestrians to flee for higher ground. Firefighters closed off several roads, fearing that vehicles and bicycles could slip.
"What was unsettling was that the fluid just kept coming," Stuart Claxton of the Guinness Book of World Records told the New York Daily News.
"It was quite a lot of fluid. On a hot day like this, you have to move fast."
The frozen treat had to be fully standing to beat the world record, set in Holland in 1997 by a 6½-metre, nine-tonne ice pop.
Snapple called off the stunt while the ice pop was only partially lifted, fearing that it would collapse in the 27 C heat.
The company was trying to get publicity for a new line of frozen treats called Snapple on Ice.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bigmess; cockroaches; crashingwater; marketing; mess; nyc; roachbait; snafu; snapple; unionsquare; whatamess; worldrecord
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To: Zunt Toad
"What was unsettling was that the fluid just kept coming," Stuart Claxton of the Guinness Book of World Records told the New York Daily News. "It was quite a lot of fluid. On a hot day like this, you have to move fast." Too funny. I would make a comment, but I'd probably get banned. =`)
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posted on
06/25/2005 1:50:49 PM PDT
by
SavageRepublican
(like springtime in Oklahoma...)
To: Zunt Toad
Didn't Mr. Freeze try this on the old Batman TV show???
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posted on
06/25/2005 1:53:27 PM PDT
by
HitmanLV
To: Zunt Toad
Better put some ice on that. Literally. ;)
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posted on
06/25/2005 1:54:04 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: finnman69
IBy virtue of that I won't comment on your dumb remark either.
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posted on
06/26/2005 12:46:33 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Festive camaraderie and adrenaline addiction, with weapons and lots of ammo, leads to no good.)
To: tgslTakoma
That was one of the funniest TV moments.....EVER!
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posted on
06/26/2005 12:51:37 PM PDT
by
trillabodilla
(Pray for President Bush!)
To: Eaker
Oh I see, you think it's funny when people have bike accidents and fall down.
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posted on
06/26/2005 1:09:48 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: finnman69; humblegunner
They were too stupid to avoid a giant melting pop-sickle.
Yes, I find that funny.
Perhaps this same stupidity explains why they don't have cars and don't respect cars.
This is why I drive a 4x4. They decide to screw with me and not get out of my way and their handlebars don't scrape my undercarriage.
Have I made my level of respect for "bikers" clear?
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posted on
06/26/2005 1:42:13 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Festive camaraderie and adrenaline addiction, with weapons and lots of ammo, leads to no good.)
To: finnman69
I cycle to work every day in NYC Keep saving, you too can buy a vehicle someday.
Hey, at least you got off the bus, that's great!
To: mhking
Did I fall off your JD list?
To: Dont Mention the War
Did I fall off your JD list?As far as I can tell you're still there...
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posted on
06/26/2005 3:01:11 PM PDT
by
mhking
(The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
To: humblegunner
Keep saving, you too can buy a vehicle someday. Hey, at least you got off the bus, that's great! Why would I waste my money on a car when I dont need one.
Plus it keeps me in shape.
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posted on
06/26/2005 3:31:07 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: Eaker
Perhaps this same stupidity explains why they don't have cars and don't respect cars. This is why I drive a 4x4. They decide to screw with me and not get out of my way and their handlebars don't scrape my undercarriage. Have I made my level of respect for "bikers" clear? Oh, I see. You have even less respect for others than the moron who opened his car door into me the other day. At least he apologized. I respect cars. I just don't respect all of the a-holes who drive them.
You would not find me laughing if your 4x4 rolled over 2-3 times. Maybe i'm just a better person than you.
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posted on
06/26/2005 3:34:50 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: finnman69
Why would I waste my money on a car when I dont need one. Ah, the litany of the homeless.
Road-trips in the Grayhound are a hoot I'm sure.
To: finnman69
Maybe i'm just a better person than you.If thinking that is what it takes to get you through the day then feel free to knock yourself out.
I really am a scum-bag.
Since yer such a special person maybe you can come over here and help TexasCowboy.
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posted on
06/26/2005 4:56:10 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Festive camaraderie and adrenaline addiction, with weapons and lots of ammo, leads to no good.)
To: Conservatrix
In the summer, the worst thing is the smell of a humid city street-- a lovely amalgamation of vomit, urine, maggots, rotting trash bags, all baking in the sun. Stop it- I'm getting homesick.
To: Eaker
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posted on
06/26/2005 7:49:33 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: finnman69; humblegunner; Squantos; Flyer; PROVO280
Calling in your girlfriends for reinforcement? Nah, he just wants to enjoy the show.
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posted on
06/26/2005 8:34:34 PM PDT
by
TheMom
(My husband rocks!)
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