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Giant pliers appear on Google Street View
Posted on Saturday, 20 March, 2010 | 24 comments
A man in the UK looking up his street on Google discovered a giant pair of floating pliers above his house.
The unusual picture was likely the result of an accidental blunder by the driver of the car mounted camera that takes the pictures for Google's Street View service. The picture has since been updated on the site to remove the pliers.
A curious resident in West Bromwich found a rather unusual aspect to his road when he logged on to Google Street View - a giant pair of floating pliers.
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Recent comments on this story
#20 Posted by Lust on 20 March, 2010, 21:12haha funny
#21 Posted by stygeanhue on 20 March, 2010, 22:56thats a good laugh.
#22 Posted by minkalover168 on 22 March, 2010, 22:34oh well, guess what? i do not care.
#23 Posted by schizoidwoman on 23 March, 2010, 8:12That was my first thought too, good call!
#24 Posted by RazielSeth on 1 April, 2010, 22:21So what.. I have a giant pillar in ma room... where my bed shoul be
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