12thMan
Full House
So today I hear that they are cleaning off Seattle's gum wall (attracts rats, I felt stupid even questioning why they would be doing it after hearing how bad the rats are in that area) and it got me thinking about cool random things that are out there to do/see. I don't mean necesarily famous monuments (though if there's a cool reason to bring them up go for it) or things like that, everybody knows that Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee are buried in Seattle, but more things that are unique and exist for no other reason than people think they are or would be cool. For instance, near Palmdale, California there's the road that you drive at exactly 55mph (I think) and the grooves that are cut into the concrete play a song. I think Honda did it, but it's just a random little Easter Egg to find out in the world.
What does your area have, or what do you know of, that would make some people go "Huh, that's cool/funny/random." that everybody might not know about? Here's the two examples I was talking about with pictures stolen from the web since I'm to lazy to plug in my external hard drive to get my pics:
Seattle Gum Wall.
It's in an alley near Pike street and since the early 90's people have been putting their used chewing gum on the wall. It's been scraped before, and it was better when no one put business cards and other shit in it and it was all gum, but it's an odd sight to see and smell. I had always heard it was started by people from the theater that is on the other side of the wall but I have no clue, I wasn't old enough in the early 90's to be hanging out in Seattle. But once you do get there everybody has to have a friend that wants a picture taken acting like they are about to take a bite out of it, our group of friends also has the guy in it who is going to be the guy who pushes the other persons open mouth into the disgusting wall... The only problem with our groups execution of said funny picture is the guy who pushed the other guys face into the wall did it waaaaayyyy to hard and open mouth guy not only got a mouthful of OPG (other peoples gum) they also got a front tooth knocked out. And I feel really bad about that to this day, but my buddy had a good dentist and they fixed him up!
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Freemont Troll
Under a bridge in Freemont, I don't know how long it's been there but I know that it was made specifically as a "whimsical" sort of statue by some local artists so it loses a few points for being a project planned by the "man" and not something spontaneous, but it's pretty cool none the less to take people to who have never been there. Depending on the time of day or night you go you could either be asked to take a picture of some tourists in the morning/afternoon, or if you go a little later in the evening you might be offered a toke or a beer, or go a lot later in the night and be asked to help hide a body...Freemont is an interesting area (and a shit ton of fun ).
So, anything you boys or girls know about that would be cool to see or do? There's more from around here, I'll dig some pictures up later if anybody has any others.
What does your area have, or what do you know of, that would make some people go "Huh, that's cool/funny/random." that everybody might not know about? Here's the two examples I was talking about with pictures stolen from the web since I'm to lazy to plug in my external hard drive to get my pics:
Seattle Gum Wall.
It's in an alley near Pike street and since the early 90's people have been putting their used chewing gum on the wall. It's been scraped before, and it was better when no one put business cards and other shit in it and it was all gum, but it's an odd sight to see and smell. I had always heard it was started by people from the theater that is on the other side of the wall but I have no clue, I wasn't old enough in the early 90's to be hanging out in Seattle. But once you do get there everybody has to have a friend that wants a picture taken acting like they are about to take a bite out of it, our group of friends also has the guy in it who is going to be the guy who pushes the other persons open mouth into the disgusting wall... The only problem with our groups execution of said funny picture is the guy who pushed the other guys face into the wall did it waaaaayyyy to hard and open mouth guy not only got a mouthful of OPG (other peoples gum) they also got a front tooth knocked out. And I feel really bad about that to this day, but my buddy had a good dentist and they fixed him up!
:
Freemont Troll
Under a bridge in Freemont, I don't know how long it's been there but I know that it was made specifically as a "whimsical" sort of statue by some local artists so it loses a few points for being a project planned by the "man" and not something spontaneous, but it's pretty cool none the less to take people to who have never been there. Depending on the time of day or night you go you could either be asked to take a picture of some tourists in the morning/afternoon, or if you go a little later in the evening you might be offered a toke or a beer, or go a lot later in the night and be asked to help hide a body...Freemont is an interesting area (and a shit ton of fun
).
So, anything you boys or girls know about that would be cool to see or do? There's more from around here, I'll dig some pictures up later if anybody has any others.
