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devilmaster
06-22-05, 03:05 PM
From the 'its a really slow news day' file

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050622/ap_on_fe_st/popsicle_disaster


NEW YORK - An attempt to erect the world's largest Popsicle in a city square ended with a scene straight out of a disaster film — but much stickier.

The 25-foot-tall, 17 1/2-ton treat of frozen Snapple juice melted faster than expected Tuesday, flooding Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground.

Sean O'Gorman
06-22-05, 03:58 PM
In all seriousness, they probably got more publicity from this happening than if it hadn't melted. Sweet