# Weirdest. Lawn Ornament. Ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710 "2009-01-23T21:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/21 "2009-01-24T01:47:43Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > There’s a home in Highland Park, NJ with an Easter Island-style head in the yard, but this is way weirder than that. An Easter Island-style head would be kind of cool… I should think **chowder** would welcome a gnome-eating gator. I have no words for the dino-riding buddha-baby. Other than it should be wearing a helmet! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/22 "2009-01-24T02:22:20Z")
That _is_ the weirdest thing. Everyone knows you can’t ride a Pachycephalosaurs like that. A Maiasaur would have been much more appropriate for a small child. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/23 "2009-01-24T02:42:28Z")
**Tastes of Chocolate** , if you ever get tired of your SO, send him my way. I think I’m in love. Or, at least, very strongly in like. _Chortling at the thought of a “a 5’ long glowing red wireform gator, with an 16” long gnome in it’s stomach"._ The only thing that would make it better would be if he had painted the gnome to look like it had been chewed on. But hey, at least the gator provides enough light for the gnome to keep reading! ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/24 "2009-01-24T03:19:10Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Well, _Inglewood._ California, no less. :rolleyes: What did you expect? I know Inglewood has a reputation for being a rough neighborhood. Does it also have a reputation for creative lawn ornaments that I’m unaware of? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/25 "2009-01-24T04:15:43Z")
> [@truthbot](#): > > I have no words for the dino-riding buddha-baby. Other than it should be wearing a helmet! It looks to me like the _dinosaur_ is wearing a helmet. Kinky. ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/26 "2009-01-24T05:34:38Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > So now, I have a 5’ long glowing red wireform gator, with an 16" long gnome in it’s stomach. Oh pretty please post pictures of this! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/27 "2009-01-24T05:54:11Z")
Wow, the coolest I’ve ever seen was back when I was in junior high, the schoolbus would sometimes go past a house with a homemade replica of Johnny #5 (from _Short Circuit_). But I think this might beat that, if only on surrealism value. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/28 "2009-01-24T14:55:35Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > I know Inglewood has a reputation for being a rough neighborhood. Does it also have a reputation for creative lawn ornaments that I’m unaware of? Creative? Maybe not. No taste? Maybe so. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/29 "2009-01-24T16:49:24Z")
> [@Nausicaa](#): > > Can you let me know where that is - I’m from Edison and I’m dying to see it! I only spotted it because I was visiting the township-wide garage sales (which are pretty good in H.P., BTW), in which I drive about randomly, or like a Roomba, so my sense of location and direction (which are questionable under ordinary circumstances) are less than GPS-reliable. But having said that, I’m pretty sure it was in the NW quadrant of the town, on the north side, between River Road and probably 4th Ave., quite likely on one of the streets named for 19th-C. presidents, and _probably_ on the north side of the street. The head is placed pretty much up against the front of the house, off on the left side (from the viewer’s perspective, from the street) of the front door, surrounded by attractive landscaping (which may be largely denuded now, due to the season). IIRC it’s about 5 or 6 feet tall, so it lacks the sheer jaw-dropping sense of majesty possessed by the real deal, but it’s pretty impressive nonetheless. If I were to try to find it now, I’d head for the NW part of town, suspend my attempts at rational navigation (because whenever I try to reason through a choice on the road, I always guess wrong), and make like I’m hunting killer garage sale bargains. But YMMV… happy hunting! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/30 "2009-01-24T17:03:38Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but from that front view, does it look like maybe the baby jesus buddhist monk is riding a giant scaly penis? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/31 "2009-01-24T17:20:39Z")
That baby would go great in my neighborhood, where I have the folks next to me with this: [Picture or Video 096 | Olympus digital camera | Karlen Sanberg | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/karlen/3223079762/) and the folks across the street from me with this: [scary rabbit | Karlen Sanberg | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/karlen/573743465/). Shaddup! We’re fuckin’ classy around here! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/32 "2009-01-24T17:38:28Z")
The dinosaur appears to be a **Stegoceras** > **[Stegoceras](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegoceras)** > > Stegoceras is a genus of pachycephalosaurid (dome-headed) dinosaur that lived in what is now North America during the Late Cretaceous period, about 77.5 to 74 million years ago (mya). The first specimens from Alberta, Canada, were described in 1902, and the type species Stegoceras validum was based on these remains. The generic name means "horn roof", and the specific name means "strong". Several other species have been placed in the genus over the years, but these have since been moved to ot... The skull I’ve seen of the similar **Pachycephalosaurus** is too small. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/33 "2009-01-25T01:00:22Z")
From [boingboing.net](http://boingboing.net) I saw [this sign](http://www.burbia.com/node/2301), which made me think of this thread, since the OP’s pics made me think of the Creationist Museum too. More directly related on that website however is this, [the trojan pig.](http://www.burbia.com/node/1476) “Yardifacts,” as they call them appears to be a recurring feature on the site. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/34 "2009-01-25T06:17:25Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > That baby would go great in my neighborhood, where I have the folks next to me with this: [Picture or Video 096 | Olympus digital camera | Karlen Sanberg | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/karlen/3223079762/) and the folks across the street from me with this: [scary rabbit | Karlen Sanberg | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/karlen/573743465/). > > Shaddup! We’re fuckin’ classy around here! I like your neighborhood… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/35 "2009-01-25T06:46:44Z")
I was out in rural Victoria (Australia) on Friday, and saw a life sized ornament of a pig pushing a lawnmower. This was enough for us to shake our heads in dismay… …until not 30 seconds later, we passed a full scale elephant standing in a trailer. I wish we had taken pics so I could prove it. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/36 "2009-01-25T06:51:58Z")
This thread inspires me to build something eight feet tall, and put it on my parents’ front yard. Just for the WTF reactions, dontchaknow. Talk me out of it. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/37 "2009-01-25T07:04:32Z")
Ah, Google Maps comes to the rescue. [Here’s the elephant](http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&split=0&t=h&layer=xc&g=trentham+victoria&ll=-37.4072,144.315355&spn=0.002864,0.005043&z=18&cbll=-37.407289,144.315322&panoid=RKZraa2VK0MZC14Wbn44Pg&cbp=12,274.60467723638965,,0,13.890183610611317). And here’s [the Pig](http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacountry/3151318637/). ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/38 "2009-01-25T09:14:12Z")
My first thought was I need one for my yard. My second thought is why is the baby’s hand in its pants? Somewhere near here is a house with two tiny Godzilla statues on either side of the driveway. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/39 "2009-01-25T21:38:49Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > Nah, they hearken back to an earlier age of roadside attractions in that respect. But they’re fairly impressive nonetheless. You wander around the jungle-landscaped gardens, and take pictures of your kids next to the dinosaurs, and read them the educational plaques which they don’t care about except for the names, and then you go back to the gift shop and buy a carload of dinosaur-themed merchandise. I need to spend more time in the midwest! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710/40 "2009-01-25T21:48:06Z")
I just searched “lawn ornaments” in Flickr and came up with some real gems: [http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=lawn+ornaments&page=2](http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=lawn+ornaments&page=2) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-lawn-ornament-ever/482710.md?page=3)