tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post7291039315697610579..comments2024-03-28T07:40:32.693-07:00Comments on Eccentric Roadside: A slight case of blockage: the World's Smallest City Block and the other wonders of Dothan, AlabamaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-70082480697902612622018-07-24T07:08:57.038-07:002018-07-24T07:08:57.038-07:00i live in dothan and you only posted a few of the ...i live in dothan and you only posted a few of the amazing murals and there are dozens of those peanut people around town dawson clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-63997720806904452962011-03-02T06:58:55.939-08:002011-03-02T06:58:55.939-08:00The murals are beautiful! Thanks for sharing them....The murals are beautiful! Thanks for sharing them.Jeffery Blackwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08929687266478169734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-13770148965985683602011-02-24T12:31:22.566-08:002011-02-24T12:31:22.566-08:00Thanks, Frank and great to hear from you!Thanks, Frank and great to hear from you!Gunnar and Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523572696899572286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-50789224008912073862011-02-23T12:07:08.679-08:002011-02-23T12:07:08.679-08:00Nice murals!Nice murals!Frank Jumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280749757286901412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-9112229390045825932011-02-23T10:24:50.139-08:002011-02-23T10:24:50.139-08:00Mel Cooley! HA! Perhaps they should have a peanut ...Mel Cooley! HA! Perhaps they should have a peanut dressed as Goober from The Andy Griffith Show. That would be a Goober goober.Gunnar and Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523572696899572286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-3176017660761944122011-02-23T06:03:28.929-08:002011-02-23T06:03:28.929-08:00Yes, they do remind me of the 'taters. But, I ...Yes, they do remind me of the 'taters. But, I think the peanuts offer the opportunity to render a better likeness of people.... like the one you have pictured - the Mel Cooley peanut.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465619239132938556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-45703645112705336152011-02-22T09:34:25.692-08:002011-02-22T09:34:25.692-08:00Kris: I like how the official signs at these place...Kris: I like how the official signs at these places are almost as big as the places themselves!Gunnar and Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523572696899572286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-24954927461776606282011-02-22T09:02:33.001-08:002011-02-22T09:02:33.001-08:00The smallest city block reminds me of a "park...The smallest city block reminds me of a "park" I saw in Topeka, Kansas. It was literally a little patch of grass, maybe a few feet wide at most. And there was a sign designating it an official park. You know, for all the time I spend visiting "the world's largest" attractions I need to spend some more time going to the smallest. If only to say, "Really? That's a city block?"Kris the Educated Vagabondhttp://theyellowbrickroadtrip.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-13147848242184210862011-02-21T17:20:34.448-08:002011-02-21T17:20:34.448-08:00Bill: Those peanuts bear an uncanny resemblance to...Bill: Those peanuts bear an uncanny resemblance to a certain potato-headed blight across RI...no?Gunnar and Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523572696899572286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-40319285376279440532011-02-21T16:33:32.933-08:002011-02-21T16:33:32.933-08:00Clearly you've run out of places to visit. Cen...Clearly you've run out of places to visit. Central Falls closed?Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465619239132938556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-16207527531744389962011-02-21T07:19:14.642-08:002011-02-21T07:19:14.642-08:00eb: Houston to Ft. Lauderdale? Sounds like a great...eb: Houston to Ft. Lauderdale? Sounds like a great ride. Dothan is definitely worth the detour!<br /><br />Greg: I agree! As Forrest Gump would say, they're like a box of chocolates...<br /><br />Anonymous: HA! How right you are. I suppose "Turpentine Capital of the World" doesn't have the same cache...Gunnar and Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523572696899572286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-5323523632822326462011-02-21T07:00:15.722-08:002011-02-21T07:00:15.722-08:00I'm surprised you didn't make special note...I'm surprised you didn't make special note of the mural dedicated to... Turpentine? You don't see that every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-39481170443189841032011-02-20T13:48:08.652-08:002011-02-20T13:48:08.652-08:00cool things to photograph come in small packages!cool things to photograph come in small packages!greg urbanohttp://thecitruslens.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-1459224242246678512011-02-20T08:33:27.854-08:002011-02-20T08:33:27.854-08:00Just found your blog via Go Home or Go Big. Wish I...Just found your blog via Go Home or Go Big. Wish I had found it sooner, we just took a trip from Houston to Ft. Lauderdale and I totally would have detoured to Dothan. I love when the small town embraces its claim to fame ala the peanut characters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-69765500069413858272011-02-20T07:47:35.162-08:002011-02-20T07:47:35.162-08:00The world's shortest street? Where's that?...The world's shortest street? Where's that?Gunnar and Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523572696899572286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555349027267363963.post-15526382719685271922011-02-19T13:53:06.617-08:002011-02-19T13:53:06.617-08:00"a dime a Dothan" ... now that's pun..."a dime a Dothan" ... now that's punny :)<br /><br />I have the world's shortest street on my radar for this summer :)wendyveehttp://www.roadsidewonders.netnoreply@blogger.com