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Giant Man-Shaped Lake

Friday, 15th June 2007 by

It would seem that someone has spent a lot of time and money to create this lake, in the shape of an extremely happy looking man! I’m not sure what he’s got to be so happy about though. I mean, this guy’s manhood isn’t a patch on the Cerne Abbas Giant Anyway, I haven’t got the slightest clue why somebody went to all this effort. Has anyone got any ideas?…

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