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NONE@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Giant phallus-shaped iceberg floating in Conception Bay surprises residents of Dildo, Canada

www.livescience.com

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Giant phallus-shaped iceberg floating in Conception Bay surprises residents of Dildo, Canada

www.livescience.com

NONE@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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A phallus-shaped iceberg hovered off the coast of Dildo, Newfoundland in Conception Bay before collapsing.
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    Most of my family is from very near there. I remember when this happened, it was quite the event

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    A penis-shaped iceberg floated by the town of Dildo, Canada, which isn’t too far from the city of Spread Eagle and the town of Placentia. (Image credit: Ken Pretty)

    It can’t be.

    • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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      That is an accurate statement.

      There are some quite tounge in cheek place name in NFLD.

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        Rural places get weird, doubly so when they got bored without the internet.

        Just ask Pennsylvania. Virginville, Two Lick Valley, Rough and Ready and so much more.

        Maybe it’s also a dutch influence…

        • jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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          I think there’s a town in France called Pussy

          • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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            and fucking.

      • jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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        Do we blame Leif Ericson and other Vikings?

        • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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          No, more likely to have been Irish settlers

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    It’s the hovering part that surprises me.

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    We’re gonna need a bigger M&M’s tube…

  • kescusay@lemmy.worldM
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    It’s old, but… I’ll allow it.

    Also…

    Dingdong. Willy. Johnson. One-eyed sailor. Trouser snake.

    Now it’s your turn.

    • wewbull@feddit.uk
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      Tally-whacker, schlong, weiner, meat and two veg, purple headed womb ferret.

    • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      I’ll go with my mcc Halo 2 avatar: one-eyed-purple-elite

  • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The prophecy has been fulfilled

    • Dagnet@lemmy.world
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      The end of days has come

      • M137@lemmy.world
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        Didn’t need this to realise that but I’m glad it happened anyway.

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        Know we’re all fucked.

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    Ah, so that’s where I’ll find my Super Samples.

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    Alas, the iceberg lacked staying power: Pretty photographed the 30-foot (9.1 meter) phallic structure on Thursday, April 27. It collapsed the next day.

    Hate it when that happens.

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      If your iceberg lasts more than 3 days, consult a physician

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        And maybe a physicist.

        They’d probably like to know. They are very kinky like that.

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    I always thought “D.C.” meant “District of Columbia.” TIL from the combination of your username and post that it means “Dildo, Canada.”

    Kind of a weird name for the capital of an entirely different country.

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    This is two years old.

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      So? I found it today and the time doesn’t make it less funny.

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        That is, uh, also, what she said.

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      I’m glad they posted it, cause I’ve never seen it before

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      Yeah, first thing I thought was “Wait - again?!?”. That would have been one hell of a coincidence.

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    Everything reminds me of him 😞

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    You think that’s big, you should see the size of it under the water.

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      Also, this is what it looks like when it’s cold.

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        “I was in the pool!”

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      It’s a grower, not a show-er… the water’s just really cold there!

    • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Just the tip…

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    y’all hear about the dick-berg in dildo??

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    Someone had an interesting “on this day”

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    phallus […] floating in conception bay

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      A penis-shaped iceberg floated by the town of Dildo, Canada, which isn’t too far from the city of Spread Eagle and the town of Placentia. (Image credit: Ken Pretty)

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        That’s it. I want my money back. This shit is waaaaaaaaaay too unbelievable. Wait, what? It happened, like, for real? Really. …really?

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