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This week the sculpture Cloud Gate, commonly known as "the bean", is covered in snow during a storm in Chicago. Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. ARoseByAnyOther:
I left my heart in San Francisco, and something quite different in Chicago I'm afraid.
5. Gurney Nutting:
But you've installed it upside down! It's meant to be a smiley.
4. Nick Fowler:
Gulliver was pleased he'd signed up for the Kidney Donor Scheme.
3. Raven Clare:
Thebes. Ancient Greece. I said I wanted a statue that was Thebean.
2. Martin Walter:
Looks like the Mayor's tortoise has escaped again.
1. Wonkypops:
If Apple designed bus shelters...
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Comment number 1.
At 7th Mar 2013, Reeve Burgess wrote:Cloud Gate? Another computing scandal?
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Comment number 2.
At 7th Mar 2013, Raven Clare wrote:It's caught a cold. It's a coughy bean.
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At 7th Mar 2013, Pendragon wrote:I've heard of snow peas, but snow beans?
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At 7th Mar 2013, Candace9839 wrote:Ich bin ein Cumulus
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At 7th Mar 2013, Steele Hawker wrote:It's so cold it's shaking like a jelly bean
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Comment number 6.
At 7th Mar 2013, Mr Snoozy wrote:It's Bean snowing again!
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At 7th Mar 2013, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Apparently, it's a memorial to the great Oscar Mayer
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At 7th Mar 2013, Gurney Nutting wrote:But you've installed it upside-down! It's meant to be a smilie.
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At 7th Mar 2013, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Truly the windy city then
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Comment number 10.
At 7th Mar 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:The photographer was desperate to get a self-portrait onto the Â鶹Éç website
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Comment number 11.
At 7th Mar 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Bean there, done that.
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Comment number 12.
At 7th Mar 2013, Reeve Burgess wrote:It's a bean sculpture.
Yes, but what is it now?
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Comment number 13.
At 7th Mar 2013, gmcoates wrote:Now that's what I call a Chilly Bean
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Comment number 14.
At 7th Mar 2013, Fi wrote:"What are you doing?"
"I have my finger on the pulse..."
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Comment number 15.
At 7th Mar 2013, Martin Walter wrote:Looks like the Mayor's tortoise has escaped again
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Comment number 16.
At 7th Mar 2013, Raven Clare wrote:Thebes. Ancient Greece. I said I wanted a statue that was Thebean.
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Comment number 17.
At 7th Mar 2013, lindum49 wrote:Been there, done that!
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Comment number 18.
At 7th Mar 2013, BinarySpeaking wrote:Church News: A cold Bean Supper will be held on Thursday outside the church hall, music to follow.
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Comment number 19.
At 7th Mar 2013, lolkat wrote:Wouldn't this bean ice?
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Comment number 20.
At 7th Mar 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:The Rowan Atkinson Tribute Statue was a little cryptic for most Americans
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Comment number 21.
At 7th Mar 2013, MorningGlories wrote:And Boston has been green ever since...
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Comment number 22.
At 7th Mar 2013, Reeve Burgess wrote:The sculptor is from Kurdistan - it's a bean Kurd
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Comment number 23.
At 7th Mar 2013, Candace9839 wrote:Does not compute
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Comment number 24.
At 7th Mar 2013, gmcoates wrote:No wonder they call Chicago "The Windy City" if that's the size of their beans !
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Comment number 25.
At 7th Mar 2013, rogueslr wrote:Windy City and it's a bean! Geddit, huh!
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Comment number 26.
At 7th Mar 2013, Mr Snoozy wrote:The secret process involved the middle of 'Re-fried bean' production is finally revealed.
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Comment number 27.
At 7th Mar 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:My fava walking spot
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Comment number 28.
At 7th Mar 2013, BaldoBingham wrote:Mmmm, glazed doughnuts.....
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Comment number 29.
At 7th Mar 2013, Fi wrote:"Just wait until you see the size of the Chianti!" said Hannibal.
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Comment number 30.
At 7th Mar 2013, Jason wrote:The Berkshire Hathaway analyst had misunderstood when Warren Buffett asked him to model the Heinz acquisition
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Comment number 31.
At 7th Mar 2013, PeeJayEll wrote:I think this is the light switch.
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Comment number 32.
At 7th Mar 2013, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Head in the cloud again, Mr Bean?
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Comment number 33.
At 7th Mar 2013, Reeve Burgess wrote:Chicago decides to take on Boston for the nickname of Beantown
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At 7th Mar 2013, Pendragon wrote:It was meant to be a memorial to Bill Gates' brother Claude, but, owing to a typing error ...
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Comment number 35.
At 7th Mar 2013, Martin Walter wrote:You'd describe beans as an apartment you hired?
No, flat you lent.
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Comment number 36.
At 7th Mar 2013, MorningGlories wrote:Holy frijoles, Batman!
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Comment number 37.
At 7th Mar 2013, iksander wrote:Captain. I need you to discipline yourself on this next pass. Perform only the task that we assign you. Now Build that Snowman. As always, you have eight minutes.
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Comment number 38.
At 7th Mar 2013, Candace9839 wrote:Tell them Jack sent you.
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Comment number 39.
At 7th Mar 2013, Raven Clare wrote:It's by Jacob Eps-bean
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Comment number 40.
At 7th Mar 2013, Mr Snoozy wrote:Honey, I shrunk Chicago!
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Comment number 41.
At 7th Mar 2013, penny-farthing wrote:Snow peas,though,thrive in this climate.
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Comment number 42.
At 7th Mar 2013, Candace9839 wrote:Rain O'er Me?
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Comment number 43.
At 7th Mar 2013, Steele Hawker wrote:It's certainly the sort of art you can get attached to ... I just touched it, and now my hand's stuck
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Comment number 44.
At 7th Mar 2013, George Huber wrote:You can't be cirrus!
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Comment number 45.
At 7th Mar 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:I left my heart in San Francisco, and something quite different in Chicago I'm afraid.
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Comment number 46.
At 7th Mar 2013, MagnumCarter wrote:"How am I meant to know what type? It's not a baked one if that's what you're asking."
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At 7th Mar 2013, lindum49 wrote:Anish market?
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Comment number 48.
At 7th Mar 2013, Raven Clare wrote:Does anybody else feel they want to give it a good shake, and create a blizzard around the little snowman?
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Comment number 49.
At 7th Mar 2013, SkarloeyLine wrote:Tesco's new frozen foods range attracts close scrutiny.
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Comment number 50.
At 7th Mar 2013, Lelystad wrote:The more dedicated fans had been waiting since August for Justin to unveil the statue.
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Comment number 51.
At 7th Mar 2013, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:No, Mr Bond, I expect you to dry.
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At 7th Mar 2013, SivAngel wrote:Starbucks had insisted that its taxes go towards a worthy monument.
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Comment number 53.
At 7th Mar 2013, Dyeb wrote:"There's not Mush Room in here"
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Comment number 54.
At 7th Mar 2013, CindyAccidentally wrote:Any minute now, they'd find out it was actually a squash.
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Comment number 55.
At 7th Mar 2013, PeeJayEll wrote:Bean, Mr. Osborne? No, you've been misinformed. It's a sculpture to commemorate the double-dip recession.
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Comment number 56.
At 7th Mar 2013, abz wrote:We also have one in Sheffield, It's called "the Sean" although slightly rougher round the edges!
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At 7th Mar 2013, Dyeb wrote:As usual Dave was clouding over the issue of our relationship
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At 7th Mar 2013, Lin Vegas wrote:Bean counters deny "dumbing down" the outdoor practical test.
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At 7th Mar 2013, PeeJayEll wrote:Cloud Gate? I thought that was the scandal surrounding the failure of the Boeing Dreamliner batteries.
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At 7th Mar 2013, Lin Vegas wrote:"Can you count this? Congratulations! You're the new Chancellor!"
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At 7th Mar 2013, Steele Hawker wrote:If it's a bean, it's a work o'fart
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At 7th Mar 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:Is it meant to be a vegetable, some sort of arty joke?
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Comment number 63.
At 7th Mar 2013, abz wrote:It's meant to be that wide, it's a broad bean.
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Comment number 64.
At 7th Mar 2013, John Ledbury wrote:Actually, I rather like it. I'll have two please.
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Comment number 65.
At 7th Mar 2013, Alvin Olaf wrote:It was only once she'd finished de-icing it she realised it wasn't actually her VW Beetle
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At 7th Mar 2013, Alvin Olaf wrote:Loud Kate nearly does it again as she says "I'll give this to my d ..."
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Comment number 67.
At 7th Mar 2013, Alvin Olaf wrote:I still say your cycle helmet is too big
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At 7th Mar 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:Gulliver was pleased he'd signed up for the Kidney Donor Scheme
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At 7th Mar 2013, JimmyG wrote:Jack was having trouble planting his latest find...
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At 7th Mar 2013, BeckySnow wrote:T-1000's let himself go....
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Comment number 71.
At 7th Mar 2013, Adrian Horsewood wrote:German scientists reveal how they got past Jelly Bean's security features.
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Comment number 72.
At 7th Mar 2013, grazvalentine wrote:"Shucks, that must have been one helluva brass monkey!"
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Comment number 73.
At 7th Mar 2013, StraightOnTilMorning wrote:The early birds get the super sized iced doughnut
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Comment number 74.
At 7th Mar 2013, johnc wrote:You're kidneying me, its not snowing.
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Comment number 75.
At 7th Mar 2013, littleDickie wrote:"and that is exactly the size it felt like when I passed it..!"
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At 7th Mar 2013, Whatever Next wrote:The Windy City gives you beans!
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Comment number 77.
At 7th Mar 2013, Hobbitmorley wrote:iCloud, uCloud, we all Cloud together, under a bean in the snowy weather
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Comment number 78.
At 7th Mar 2013, Waldo wrote:All it needs is some nachos or some rice to go with the chilly bean
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Comment number 79.
At 7th Mar 2013, Whatever Next wrote:"It may not be the best of beans" said Jack "but the cow I gave him was really a horse!"
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At 7th Mar 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:Of course it can speak - didn't you know beanstalk?
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At 7th Mar 2013, Whatever Next wrote:When they showed Peter the suppository he was immediately cured!
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At 7th Mar 2013, johnc wrote:Ooh, shiny.
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At 7th Mar 2013, Reeve Burgess wrote:A Salvation Army spokesperson said "Yes, we get a lot of homeless tortoises checking in for the winter"
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At 7th Mar 2013, wonkypops wrote:"On second thoughts, let's not invade this planet- it's a bit on the nippy side."
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Comment number 85.
At 7th Mar 2013, wonkypops wrote:If Apple designed bus shelters…
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At 7th Mar 2013, MukkaMonkey wrote:It's only holding in its tummy because it's being photographed by two cute girls... as soon as it runs out of breathe.... SPLAT!
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At 7th Mar 2013, wonkypops wrote:"The monster is destroying everything in its path! But its droppings are… strangely compelling…"
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At 7th Mar 2013, johnc wrote:Reflections of a Has-bean
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Comment number 89.
At 7th Mar 2013, johnc wrote:..and this is just one of the implants? Some woman..
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At 7th Mar 2013, wonkypops wrote:Well, I for one welcome our shiny liquid metal overlords.
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Comment number 91.
At 7th Mar 2013, johnc wrote:We're going to need a bigger kidney dish.
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Comment number 92.
At 7th Mar 2013, Neanderthal_Nick wrote:It was unbelievably expensive, but it keeps the bean counters happy.
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At 7th Mar 2013, Neanderthal_Nick wrote:It was called "The Weeble", until it fell down.
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At 7th Mar 2013, Hobbitmorley wrote:Heinz supersize product is snow surprise
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At 7th Mar 2013, RampagingRabbit wrote:The truth behind why Chicago is called the windy city
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At 7th Mar 2013, Candace9839 wrote:Forecast calls for a soup-er afternoon with a ham-ful of snow showers.
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At 7th Mar 2013, RampagingRabbit wrote:"Let's ketch up again some time!"
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At 7th Mar 2013, BaldoBingham wrote:Vanillas in the Mist.
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At 7th Mar 2013, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Princess and the Pea, a grand retelling of the tale.
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At 7th Mar 2013, RampagingRabbit wrote:"Do you want regular fries with that?"
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