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Man With World’s Longest Legs Owns World’s Largest Dog

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 66 Comments › )
Filed under Dog Day Afternoon, Evolution, Humor, OOT, Open thread at July 24th, 2011 - 11:00 pm


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“Though it didn’t really register, George’s paws were comically large even then. But all we saw was this cute puppy.

“We certainly never dreamed he would one day become the biggest dog in the world, standing nearly 4ft high at the shoulder, 7ft long and weighing nearly 18 stone. Right now, he just looked bewildered.”

All I could think of when I saw that photo was, “Dang. Dude’s got some big feets.” His legs-to-torso ratio look to be about 3 to 1, making him a  human composite of Numbers 2, 4 & 6 below:


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