Comments on: Free to a good home, a giant, live-in head of Humpty Hump http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 23:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1520210 Funk Daddy Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1520210 Nope, no can do. Transport would be btwn $3100 & $4400 which isn't too bad, but in another blog post http://johnnypayphone.tumblr.com/post/2740446658/giant-head-of-humpty-hump-needs-a-home-updated  it is revealed that the landlord of the warehouse expects some grease, and that posts dates to Jan 2011, so this is a bit of culture that is gone already or hitting up into the 5-7 thousand dollar range to get to this warehouse. Nopers, as cool as it would be. Humpty/Shock G/Hump is fuckin awesome though Nope, no can do. Transport would be btwn $3100 & $4400 which isn’t too bad, but in another blog post

http://johnnypayphone.tumblr.com/post/2740446658/giant-head-of-humpty-hump-needs-a-home-updated 
it is revealed that the landlord of the warehouse expects some grease, and that posts dates to Jan 2011, so this is a bit of culture that is gone already or hitting up into the 5-7 thousand dollar range to get to this warehouse. Nopers, as cool as it would be. Humpty/Shock G/Hump is fuckin awesome though

]]> By: Deekman http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1518902 Deekman Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1518902 That's the second biggest Humpty head I've ever seen! That’s the second biggest Humpty head I’ve ever seen!

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1518578 Mister44 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1518578 ZOMG - I love Digital Underground. Sadly - no place to put giant head anywhere. ZOMG – I love Digital Underground. Sadly – no place to put giant head anywhere.

]]> By: Sorcerer Mickey http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1518346 Sorcerer Mickey Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1518346 Take it to a Doctor Who convention and raffle it off as "The Face of Boe." Take it to a Doctor Who convention and raffle it off as “The Face of Boe.”

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517865 Gyrofrog Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517865 Thank you for that. I missed it the first time around ('93?) and now feel the worse for having done so. But thank you all the same. Thank you for that. I missed it the first time around (’93?) and now feel the worse for having done so. But thank you all the same.

]]> By: skyhawk1 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517851 skyhawk1 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517851 I say send it to Easter Island. I say send it to Easter Island.

]]> By: cstatman http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517801 cstatman Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517801  i hope you can,  that is awesome.    if you can get a dollar figure, maybe the BB community could kickstarter the transport/restoration.       it would make for an awesome party!  i hope you can,  that is awesome.    if you can get a dollar figure, maybe the BB community could kickstarter the transport/restoration.       it would make for an awesome party!

]]> By: cstatman http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517800 cstatman Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517800 i would SO do this,  if I had the space.   if only the space.   can you imagine how much booty that massive thing would pull?    I mean,  "come back to my place to see my glass etching?"    has nothing close to "party at my crib with the Giant Humpty Head!!!!"       Nah, she'd kill me.   I cant. i would SO do this,  if I had the space.   if only the space.   can you imagine how much booty that massive thing would pull?    I mean,  “come back to my place to see my glass etching?”    has nothing close to “party at my crib with the Giant Humpty Head!!!!”       Nah, she’d kill me.   I cant.

]]> By: pupdog http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517721 pupdog Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517721 Whoa. I <i>REALLY</i> wish I knew a Burger King franchisee that needed a new playplace... Whoa. I REALLY wish I knew a Burger King franchisee that needed a new playplace…

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517673 Ito Kagehisa Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517673 I could put it in the basement, next to the giant Olmec head! http://images.wikia.com/simpsons/images/0/02/OlmecHead.jpg I could put it in the basement, next to the giant Olmec head!

http://images.wikia.com/simpsons/images/0/02/OlmecHead.jpg

]]> By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517655 BarBarSeven Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517655 If you want to see exactly where this $50,000 head was used in the video, it’s at the 1:30 mark. Here is the YouTube direct link to that timecode to make things easier. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2HQ7dkJfeo&feature=youtu.be&t=1m30s Also, where is the guy who lived in it? Give him some respect! If you want to see exactly where this $50,000 head was used in the video, it’s at the 1:30 mark. Here is the YouTube direct link to that timecode to make things easier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2HQ7dkJfeo&feature=youtu.be&t=1m30s

Also, where is the guy who lived in it? Give him some respect!

]]> By: alfanovember http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517613 alfanovember Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517613 Is the nose big enough to 69 in? Is the nose big enough to 69 in?

]]> By: OJ Dorson http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517576 OJ Dorson Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517576 "and Shock-G himself will deliver it to you, and promises to rent it from you for cash money if the band ever does a reunion tour. " Not exactly true, unfortunately, or I'd be sending Shock-G a really excited letter including over a thousand reasons why he should bring it to me!  He will, though, reimburse your expenses IF he ever needs the head back...  "whoever grabs it up, please stay in touch, and when we next need it again, i’ll reimburse your transport, storage & cleaning expenses up to the current date, to either buy it back or rent it out if it’s no longer for sale. – shkg" I want it really, really badly. I do. I even know without a doubt that my wife would be double-down with this humpty-plan. But, I can't lay out the funds even with the promise that Shock-G would reimburse me *if* they ever need it again. A shame, really. :( “and Shock-G himself will deliver it to you, and promises to rent it from you for cash money if the band ever does a reunion tour. ”

Not exactly true, unfortunately, or I’d be sending Shock-G a really excited letter including over a thousand reasons why he should bring it to me! 

He will, though, reimburse your expenses IF he ever needs the head back… 
“whoever grabs it up, please stay in touch, and when we next need it again, i’ll reimburse your transport, storage & cleaning expenses up to the current date, to either buy it back or rent it out if it’s no longer for sale. – shkg”

I want it really, really badly. I do. I even know without a doubt that my wife would be double-down with this humpty-plan. But, I can’t lay out the funds even with the promise that Shock-G would reimburse me *if* they ever need it again.

A shame, really. :(

]]> By: mappo http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517569 mappo Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517569 Big like a pickle! Big like a pickle!

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517551 Funk Daddy Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517551 I have a warehouse... I'm worried though cause transportation to Ontario is prohibitive... hmmm edit - anyone that wants to pay to transport it here, I'd let it live here rent free, insulated, powered warehouse, fully equipped with tools to fix stuff up, but in the middle of nowhere edit - okay, ima price it out, I have accounts with freight and delivery firms, I'll post a dollar figure tomorrow or if I can't get quotes tomorrow then Monday, in case any kind of group effort should ensue, and see if any locals would be interested in lending mad skill to fix it up besides me. I have a warehouse… I’m worried though cause transportation to Ontario is prohibitive… hmmm

edit – anyone that wants to pay to transport it here, I’d let it live here rent free, insulated, powered warehouse, fully equipped with tools to fix stuff up, but in the middle of nowhere

edit – okay, ima price it out, I have accounts with freight and delivery firms, I’ll post a dollar figure tomorrow or if I can’t get quotes tomorrow then Monday, in case any kind of group effort should ensue, and see if any locals would be interested in lending mad skill to fix it up besides me.

]]> By: royaltrux http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517549 royaltrux Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517549 Pity there's not a better pic. I lol'd at "...wonders if you're ticklish" Pity there’s not a better pic. I lol’d at “…wonders if you’re ticklish”

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/08/24/free-to-a-good-home-a-giant.html#comment-1517543 Donald Petersen Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178078#comment-1517543 Uh... dibs? Uh… dibs?

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