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Dublin, Ohio, home of hybrid corn inventor Sam Frantz.
(Thanks to Becky Kjorvestad, who sent this via snailmail, and said, "When I die, this is NOT how I want to be remembered." We are not 100% sure Sam would agree with her.)
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Something to do with Easter Island. Other than that I got nuttin.
Posted by: fivver | March 24, 2006 at 05:37 PM
Wow. That's corny.
Posted by: gfunksizzle | March 24, 2006 at 05:38 PM
Been there, done that ~ last December, in fact. It's at a fairly busy intersection but incredibly, there was NOBODY else there visiting the giant corns. In fact, I bet nobody is there right now...
Posted by: waxwing | March 24, 2006 at 05:54 PM
Kinda Phallic, no??
Posted by: American in Provence | March 24, 2006 at 06:01 PM
Dublin yer pleasure - Dublin yer fun
Posted by: CoastRaven | March 24, 2006 at 06:13 PM
Has judi seen these?
Posted by: The Sarcasticynic | March 24, 2006 at 06:34 PM
Hey, don't forget the Corn Palace in South Dakota! We were there some years ago. There's a lot of corn, there.
Posted by: ScottMGS | March 24, 2006 at 06:40 PM
I'm guessing the corn lobbyists are grinning from ear to ear.
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | March 24, 2006 at 07:57 PM
Cornhenge?
Posted by: Spiny Norman | March 24, 2006 at 08:15 PM
I'm gonna need a bigger popcorn popper.
Posted by: Chief Leatherlips | March 24, 2006 at 08:54 PM
Has anyone ever heard the tender Indian love story about Chief Leatherlips and Princess Chapstick?
Posted by: slyeyes | March 24, 2006 at 08:55 PM
Wait: Chief Leatherlips' name meant "same size as blue"? How big would that be exactly?
Posted by: George Kentros | March 24, 2006 at 09:05 PM
"you are the scalp of chief leatherlips"
nothing to add. . .
Posted by: tj | March 24, 2006 at 09:38 PM
The cement corn is old news. Those of us in central Ohio have been wondering WHY? for years now. I mean one is a statement, over a hundred is just tacky. Like those companies that put hundred pink plastic flamingos in your yard. Tax money at work!
Posted by: almne | March 24, 2006 at 09:47 PM
almne...yeah, I see your point. Like the Washington Monument: One is majestic; 100 would, I dunno, look like some kind of windfarm.
Kinda makes me wish Squanto had minded his own business.
Posted by: Betsy | March 24, 2006 at 11:05 PM
one is majestic, a hundred is just bragging...
Posted by: insomniac | March 25, 2006 at 01:05 AM
one hundred and NINE, people, c'mon, get it right. It figures that you would go riffin' on my homeys when I'm incommunicado - and yet, and yet... I got nothing.
The corn is a huge embarassment and a complete pisser of wasted tax dolllars.
Posted by: mudstuffin | March 25, 2006 at 01:33 AM
that atrocity is only a coupla miles from my house i specifically don't go that way as often as i can just to avoid it.
i'm originally from Iowa and even "The Tall Corn State" doesn't have anything that ridiculous. well, nothing "that ridiculous" corn related.
Posted by: rickh | March 25, 2006 at 02:34 AM
other than corn, obviously, i'd like to know what the people in dublin ohio have been smoking...
Posted by: queensbee | March 25, 2006 at 07:58 AM
rick: what about the corncam? ok that's not 'ridiculous' per se. but still.
Posted by: judi | March 25, 2006 at 09:38 AM
I keep waiting for the Gigantic Tub of Butter and Salt to be built next to it. Now THAT would be something...
vch
Posted by: Valerie | March 25, 2006 at 11:45 AM
Next to the "Caravan Parks" of Maroochydore,
Ohio seems to be the place to go.
Posted by: sparrow | March 25, 2006 at 01:03 PM
George: Same size as blue is a lot bigger than battleship gray, about half the size of Pantone #C84E00, but is dwarfed by Flamin' Hot Cheetos red.
Glad to be of assistance.
Posted by: Wavey | March 25, 2006 at 01:41 PM
SHA-TE-YAH-RON-YA, which means 'same size as blue.'
I thought they were talking about our own Blue Meanie.
What song says "...waving fields of corn?"
Posted by: daisymae | March 25, 2006 at 02:00 PM
The scariest part of the Dublin corn is that I think I remeber that the city paid a good bundle of money to the artist to ensure each ear is unique.
Posted by: almne | March 25, 2006 at 04:06 PM
I work in a building just across the street from this, um, spectacle, and it creeps me out every time I drive past it. The caretakers must spray plant killer around the base of each ear of corn, because the grass is always dead around them. At least, I *think* there must be caretakers who do this, because the alternative is too scary to ponder.
Posted by: Obscurifer | March 25, 2006 at 09:04 PM
Look around that site. The Dublin Art Council clearly knows nothing about art, or the value of money.
You could also stumble over this. Now, that is the kind of erection that doesn't get enough attention.
Posted by: marlodianne | March 26, 2006 at 05:06 AM
There seems to be a whole lot of people who live nearby--we should all get together. Maybe we can have a picnic in the Field of Corn!
Woohoo!
Posted by: Valerie | March 26, 2006 at 12:16 PM
I, too, live around the "Corn Graveyard." When my children were younger, they would hold their breath as we drove by – just as they did when going past a cemetery. Actually, this isn't as creepy as the "Butt-crack Bunnies" at Woerner-Temple and Avery Road! God Bless the Dublin Arts Council for always giving us a reason to scratch our heads and ask, "What were they thinking?!"
Posted by: Reverie | March 27, 2006 at 11:27 AM
I live nearby and I LIKE the corn! I think it is a very interesting artwork.
Posted by: Michael H. | March 27, 2006 at 01:05 PM
I'm embarassed to say I live very near this monstrosity. It's like a big crop of man parts attacking!!! Quite scary up close!
Posted by: skm | March 27, 2006 at 01:12 PM