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The Drowned Giant: No Real than You Are
Author: Simon Sellars • Aug 9th, 2007 •Category: Ballardosphere
Photo courtesy Reuters.
“On the morning after the storm the body of the drowned giant was washed ashore on the beach five miles to the north-west of the city … I took up my position directly opposite the giant’s head, from where I could see the new arrivals and the children clambering over the legs and arms.”
J.G. Ballard, ‘The Drowned Giant’ (1964).
Here’s another version…
A giant piece of the Danish-created Lego left beachgoers in the Netherlands wondering yesterday when it washed ashore. The super-sized, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort yesterday, British press reported.
Workers at a drink stall rescued the 2.5m tall model with the trademark yellow head and blue torso. “We saw something bobbing about in the sea and we decided to take it out of the water,” said a stall worker. “It was a life-sized Lego toy.”
There was no word today on where the Lego man had come from, or what the words “No real than you are” emblazoned on the chest might mean. A woman nearby added: “I saw the Lego toy floating towards the beach from the direction of England.”
The toy was later placed in front of the drinks stall.”
[ thanks to Paul for the reminder ]
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This might shed some light on the mystery – http://www.egoleonard.com/
but not a great deal… Anyone read Dutch?
tim…
“Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.”
what’s going on?
I took German in high school, some Dutch is readable. They were Germans until the 16th or 17th century….
You need’nt know dutch…
There is an icon of the british flag on the top right corner which translates the page to english.
“I would like to introduce myself:
My name is Ego Leonard and according to you I come from the virtual world. A world that for me represents happiness, solidarity, all green and blossoming, with no rules or limitations.
Lately however, my world has been flooded with fortune-hunters and people drunk with power. And many new encounters in the virtual world have triggered my curiosity about your way of life.
I am here to discover and learn about your world and thoughts.”
Okay…does this freak anyone else out?
Not really. Why is it freaking you?