Simviation Forum - The biggest snowman I ever built

Jun 8^th, 2004 at 12:18pm

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Heres a picture of the biggest snowman I ever built. I think it was a bit over seven feet tall. If I had a magical hat, I could have brought it to life.

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Reply #1 - Jun 8^th, 2004 at 12:47pm

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Ummm... Creative. Grin

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Reply #2 - Jun 8^th, 2004 at 2:08pm

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Oh neat... 8)I'd like to post my ones too!!! Grin

This years was about 5 '8 I think, but we made one a couple of years back that was 7' tall. They get a bit difficult after that!! Wink

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Reply #3 - Jun 8^th, 2004 at 2:36pm

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Strewth, that thing looks like it escaped from Alien or something 8)

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Reply #4 - Jun 8^th, 2004 at 4:28pm

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Here's the biggest I made. Built sometime february between 8pm and 1am. Grin

Like your's, I believe he was around 7' in hight.

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Reply #5 - Jun 9^th, 2004 at 1:55am

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well its different......lol ozzy Grin

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Reply #6 - Jun 9^th, 2004 at 4:56am

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Woody's looks like a "part" of a snowman, LOL! Grin

Which reminds me.....
Back when my brother and I were about 12 and 15 respectivly, we graced our neighbors front lawn with anatomically correct snowpeople.
Wonder in mom still has photos of it?
We would have never been caught but my brother didn't want one of the ladies to get cold hands and shared his mittens with her, yes mom had our names written on all our clothing! LOL Grin

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Reply #7 - Jun 9^th, 2004 at 12:08pm

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I've never built a snowman Sad

Kinda hard when it only snows once every 10 years, especially if the snow melts BEFORE it touches the ground Grin

But we sure get lot's of rain Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - Jun 9^th, 2004 at 2:25pm

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According to the Guinness Book of Records 2002, the world's largest snowman was 113ft 7.5in tall (34.63m). It was completed on Feb 17th 1999 after 14 days of building. It was constructed in Bethel, Maine. It took until June 10th of that year to melt.

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Reply #9 - Jun 9^th, 2004 at 6:14pm

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113' !!! That isn't a snowman that is a glacier!!! LOL!!

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Reply #10 - Jun 9^th, 2004 at 6:26pm

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Check out this video of it from Guinnessworldrecords.com Shocked

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http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/video_content/100161.asx

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http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/video_content/100161_bb.asx

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Reply #11 - Jun 9^th, 2004 at 6:45pm

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Check out this video of it from Guinnessworldrecords.com Shocked

That's just insane!

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Reply #12 - Jun 9^th, 2004 at 9:26pm

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Most people would think WA would get alot of snow but it really doesn't (except in the mountains. Mt. Baker is the snowiest place on earth! Shocked

). People go crazy here over one inch Roll Eyes

. I think the tallest snow man I have built is 3' but I have made a snow ball that was 4 or 5 feet tall Too bad it was too heavy to throw Grin

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Reply #13 - Jun 10^th, 2004 at 3:37pm

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I think Woodlouse snowman was more stable...because that picture was moments before it fell.

That Guinness snowman is big.

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Reply #14 - Jun 10^th, 2004 at 4:40pm

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Reply #15 - Jun 10^th, 2004 at 5:44pm

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I think Woodlouse snowman was more stable...because that picture was moments before it fell.

My snowman was built entirely by moonlight. And so wasn't really as upright as i'd have wished. It had fallen down by about 10am the next day. Never looked quite the same again. Sad

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Reply #16 - Jun 10^th, 2004 at 6:33pm

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I built mine in like three hours with three other people. (As seen in the photo). Among that three hours was snow fights and rolling the snowballs.

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Reply #17 - Jun 10^th, 2004 at 7:00pm

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Mine took about five hours. But I did build it up from nothing and the snow didn't stick together all to well due to it being truely freezing. I also had to use a wheel barrow to hunt around for enough snow to build it. About 7 or 8 barrow loads in all.

For those who havn't tried it I would highly recommend building a snowman in the dark. As the entire landscape is snowcovered all the light is reflected from the moon and it all looks fantastic. The whole area also turned a soothing pink when some clouds deflected the light pollution from falmouth. It was brilliant. Grin

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