[DoctorBeaver]

I'm not going to mention Pong Gi Minj. I'M NOT!!

[Don_1]

For some reason, this all reminds me of a Chinese take-away which I used to pass with extreme caution after nearly running up the back end of a bus after my first encounter. It was called, and I swear this is the absolute truth, "Lok How Fok"

If I were that little chap, I wouldn't be looking up there without an umbrella close to hand.

[DoctorBeaver]

Don - A Chinese takeaway opened near me a few years ago and within a few days they were made to change the name. The original name? Ho Ho Fuk.

[blakestyger]

I remember there once being a Chinese restaurant at the back of the National Gallery called Man Fu King.  []

[LeeE]

I envy him his location, if not his stature.

[neilep (OP)]

I envy him his location, if not his stature.

If ewe wish LeeE (just for ewe) I am prepared to wear the same kind of dress and allow ewe to peak too !...I may even shave !

...ewe can thank me later !  []

[LeeE]

I'll pass on that offer, thank ewe.

[Don_1]

I'll pass on that offer, thank ewe.

For some strange reason, I don't blame you.

[neilep (OP)]

Hurummpth !!!

[RD]

More big stuff : a load of garbage...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Eastern Garbage Patch or the Pacific Trash Vortex is an area of marine debris in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly in an area between 135° to 155°W and 35° to 42°N. The patch is characterised by exceptionally high concentrations of suspended plastic and other debris that have been trapped by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre....The size of the affected region is unknown, but estimates range from 700,000 km² to more than 15 million km².   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch

[Don_1]

How about this then....


This is the worlds largest production tyre. It's 63" wide and nearly 14' tall and weigh's in at 5.5 ton.

Fancy a set of these on your Mini?

[DoctorBeaver]

Or the world's biggest cheeseburger



Go Large?

[LeeE]

More big stuff : a load of garbage...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Eastern Garbage Patch or the Pacific Trash Vortex is an area of marine debris in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly in an area between 135° to 155°W and 35° to 42°N. The patch is characterised by exceptionally high concentrations of suspended plastic and other debris that have been trapped by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre....The size of the affected region is unknown, but estimates range from 700,000 km² to more than 15 million km².   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch

I know a chap who went on a NOAA cruise to this region earlier this year as part of a project testing the use of small UAVs for this sort of survey work.  One of the best anecdotes from the cruise was when, during some particularly bad weather, he rigged up the UAV's accelerometers to show the boat's motion, which nicely correlated with how badly sea-sick everyone was feeling.

[RD]

Or the world's biggest cheeseburger

Do you want fries with that ? ...

A Devon fish and chip shop owner has broken the world record for cooking the biggest bag of chips.
Kelvin Baines from the Chip Stop in Plymouth undertook a 12-hour marathon and fried up almost 1,300lb (590kg) of Maris Piper potatoes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4271631.stm

[Don_1]

Yes please, fries and a coke-

[DoctorBeaver]

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