In a huge promotional event, online gambling site Gnuf has helicopter-dropped a pair of giant dice down a mountain in Nuuk, Greenland. Standing about 7 feet tall and weighing in at around 1,200 pounds a pop, each die was constructed like a tank, with its steel frame enclosed by steel sheets, all protecting its surely steel heart. And while we can't condone gambling, we can condone airlifting deadly gigantic dice to be haphazardly flung down a mountainside. You know, purely in the name of scientific interest or an especially slow game of Monopoly. [gnuf]
Giant Dice Rolled Down Mountain to Play Craps
10:12 AM on Fri Oct 5 2007
By Mark Wilson
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Don't hate the playa...
Did someone say Monopoly? I gotta run to McDonald's...
Did someone say McDoanald's? I need a Big Mac fix!
Did someone say Big Mac? Can you super GIANT size it?
Did someone say GIANT? I miss Andre The.
Giant dice, or tiny helicopter????
Its kinda hard to tell, specially with the clever editing of the tiny person in one shot.
Did someone say GIANT? I need to go check on my half-brother!
(btw - are these still tied together when they hit the mountain?)
Dammit Prodigal! you messed it up. And I had a quip ready about an adorable Seal named ANDRE :(
Did someone say SEAL? I gotta run to McDonald's...doh!
Everyone guess 7....its the most probable number to come up. Or you can be like me and put your guess on the dice destroying a small village...
How long before someone does rolling dice with dorm window lights?
if the dice remain teathered together, isn't there really only a few ways they can end up at the bottom of the hill / mountain?
Know your odds before you bet the house...
2: 1+1
3: 1+2, 2+1
4: 1+3, 2+2, 3+1
5: 1+4, 2+3, 3+2, 4+1
6: 1+5, 2+4, 3+3, 4+2, 5+1
7: 1+6, 2+5, 3+4, 4+3, 5+2, 6+1
8: 2+6, 3+5, 4+4, 5+3, 6+2
9: 3+6, 4+5, 5+4, 6+3
10: 4+6, 5+5, 6+4
11: 5+6, 6+5
12: 6+6
Does somebody get shot at the end of the dice game?
That's how it usually goes down in my neighborhood.
how to get rid of those pesky snowboarders.
They would have to build a third 1200lb die and a 4500lb cardboard box, then they could have the world's largest game of cee-lo
let's go snowboarding~!
Shoulda used a D-20
"Never tell me the odds!"
- Han Solo
Alea iacta est.
Or something.
@Snorbalp: no one has used a D20 in 20 years, or if they did...they shouldn't have.
You need to guess each one, not the total, so the odds are the same for every combination (1/6 for each die).
What's worse than having to click through to view a video? Clicking through to view a video and not getting to see the dice hit the bottom of the hill.
@EvilSnowMan: Unless the dice really are still tied together. That might skew the odds a bit.
Wait, was that a come-out roll? Come on 7!
this is how Bambi's mom really died
This is how rich people play board games.
come on 6's. Daddy needs some more money to gamble with . . . .
@KingSnakeX4: I wish I had a copy of that director's cut.
Is that the Sprint Xohm Logo on the side of the helicopter? I guess, if it is, with all the money they saved by laying off 7000 workers they were able to spend it on this marketing ploy...
By the way did anyone notice the skier that got smashed...just kidding...
Wait... win a trip to Greenland? Why would I want to win that?
SNAKE EYES
Did someone say Snake Eyes? I hated that movie!
what that helicopter really needs is a giant pair of fuzzy dice...
@Delmarc: Snake? Snake!? SNAAAAAAAAKEEEE!!!!
This Post has the best comments I have ever encountered. I want a giant pair of dice....
Okay folks, hold your bets...no further bets please.
Can you imagine if those people were D&D geeks and tried play a game using giant D20s?
Why stop with rolling gigantic dice down a mountain?! Next, they could slice out the underside of a valley, a little environmental redesign, drill some massive post through the middle and then use 3 or 4 747s flying in a circle to spin it...VoilĂ !! Roulette! Or how 'bout playing darts with Hellfire missiles and using Half Dome as the board? AWESOME!! :(
Ashy Larry, Marcy Projects, Marcy son, what?!
Ok, who peed in MFUMBI's granola???
Yo DUSTYBUTT, that one was funny. I was really in a dice game when I was young and some cat was shot. Sweet!
The problem about the odds, take a look at the math and even your best bet is still poor. 7 is the most common, but it still is a 6 in 36 chance. I don't know about you but a 16% chance of winning being a good chance doesn't sound too great to me.
the result is: 2 + 4, 5 avalanches and 60 dead animals.
You ever play roulette? Always bet on black!
(wrong gambling game, but I felt the quote was needed anyway)
@FlashSandbox: @Maksimir: @pcdsim: @Xerloq: @92BuickLeSabre:
@Geisrud:
Bravo! Comment-improv at its best!
However I'll be sending you all the dry cleaning bill seeing as I spent a considerable time rolling on the ground wetting myself after reading this string of posts...
hey, I don't want to win a trip to greenland!
who decided on the powder blue?
@If Only This Was Fleshbot...: Seeing as I was not a winner, I will humbly accept missing out on paying your dry cleaning bill.
@KingSnakeX4: would have won if you shared your quip anyway, even though the chain was broken....
I'm betting on the line. Momma didn't raise no chump! (wait, does that double neg mean Momma raised a CHUMP?! Oh NO!!!!!)
Yeah, nothing like ruining one of our last clean zones on earth with big steel dice ripping down the mountainside.
They should've left the big dice next to the big rabbit left on some mountains somewhere in Europe (Italy?).
1200lbs, yet freely blow away when the helicopter is hooking up to them?... complete with a superhuman person stopping them from blowing away.
@nicklar: yes?
"And while we can't condone gambling" GOD, you sound like someones 70 yr old Dad, but I bet your like 22. Lighten up a little dude.
Their loaded.
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