Andre's Giant Hands

gnfnrhead

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gerrybbadd wrote: »

http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_612_38-real-size-comparisons-that-will-make-your-head-explode/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_campaign=new+article&wa_ibsrc=fanpage this isn't all pro wrestling related, but the Andre one is crazy!

For anyone who didnt bother clicking:



It's hard to get a grasp of just how big that is. Assuming it's standard size, it's a little bigger than a regular (330ml) can of Coke. I got a can and using as similar a grip as I can, I'm just about three quarters of the way down the can and all the way across to my thumb. A beer can is bigger!

citytillidie

All cans state side are bigger than here

jaykhunter

citytillidie wrote: »

All cans state side are bigger than here

you mean smaller, right? They drink beer out of coke-can sized cans!

gnfnrhead

jaykhunter wrote: »

you mean smaller, right? They drink beer out of coke-can sized cans!

Between the coke can and a beer can as best I can remember.

Angron

American beer cans are 355ml as standard, our coke ones are 330ml. Not much of a difference really.

jaykhunter

Angron wrote: »

American beer cans are 355ml as standard, our coke ones are 330ml

Ah ok cheers. As opposed to our 500ml cans. It's so weird, everything in America seems to be massive, except for their tiny alcohol cans!

Angron

Yeah, America is a strange country when it comes to alcohol :P

gnfnrhead

So they can drink more cans but take longer to get drunk?

Adiboo

They're just lightweights.

GTR63

jaykhunter wrote: »

you mean smaller, right? They drink beer out of coke-can sized cans!

I seen 5lb burgers on Man vs Food today, it was one of the most American thing I EVER saw.
Amazing how our portions differ in so many ways.

gnfnrhead

GTR63 wrote: »

I seen 5lb burgers on Man vs Food today, it was one of the most American thing I EVER saw.
Amazing how our portions differ in so many ways.

Thing I always found odd about that show was the claims before hand. Only two people have ever finished this burger! Cue Adam doing it with 45 minutes to spare. Obviously it isnt as hard as they say.

jaykhunter

I'll split this into it's own thread as since it's wrestling-related it can't go in the off-topic

jaykhunter

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Cue Adam doing it with 45 minutes to spare. Obviously it isnt as hard as they say.

Adam from Man vs Food is a beast though. He trains and drinks a lot of water to expand his tummy before these food challenges, but he did one per episode so I'm not surprised he can clock these things. The ridiculous food portions in the states, I can't watch the show after dinner!

Professey Chin

Angron wrote: »

Yeah, America is a strange country when it comes to alcohol :P

America is just weird when it comes to any kind of measurement. Awkward fcukers

gnfnrhead

jaykhunter wrote: »

Adam from Man vs Food is a beast though. He trains and drinks a lot of water to expand his tummy before these food challenges, but he did one per episode so I'm not surprised he can clock these things. The ridiculous food portions in the states, I can't watch the show after dinner!

A lot of it does look nice, but its usually ruined with a hundred spices and sauces and crap. The meat on its own looked great before they mess it up with too many extras.

GTR63

The thing I hate about Man vs Food is that he fills up the show with a lot of crap like today when he was playing a guitar in a fantasy sequence as he had to finish a like 15lb meal to win the guitar.

jaykhunter

I'm extremely jealous whenever you see these ridiculously massive steaks. Size of a toilet bowl!

Professey Chin

GTR63 wrote: »

The thing I hate about Man vs Food is that he fills up the show with a lot of crap like today when he was playing a guitar in a fantasy sequence as he had to finish a like 15lb meal to win the guitar.

I hate the fcukin crowds. Random bastards giving commentary & YOU CAN DO IT ADAM!WOOOO MURCA!

vibe666

back on the subject at hand...:P

Andre was BIG (7'4" afaik), but this dude was significantly bigger at just about 8 feet tall! :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAQ5fW-jOnY

gnfnrhead

GTR63 wrote: »

The thing I hate about Man vs Food is that he fills up the show with a lot of crap like today when he was playing a guitar in a fantasy sequence as he had to finish a like 15lb meal to win the guitar.

Thats another thing. It's a timed challenge but he decides it would be better to stop and have a chat instead of trying to finish it first?

GTR63

Chinpool wrote: »

I hate the fcukin crowds. Random bastards giving commentary & YOU CAN DO IT ADAM!WOOOO MURCA!

They are cringey alrite. Come on Adam eat that 5ft in diameter pizza with halapeenos topping.

gnfnrhead

vibe666 wrote: »

back on the subject at hand...:P

Andre was BIG (7'4" afaik), but this dude was significantly bigger at just about 8 feet tall! :eek:

Never trust the billed height. He was about 7'7''. Still massive, but a good bit under 8.

Ando's Saggy Bottom

GTR63 wrote: »

I seen 5lb burgers on Man vs Food today, it was one of the most American thing I EVER saw.
Amazing how our portions differ in so many ways.

I put away a 2 pounder once in Boston. 4 half pounders in a bun and another half pound of fries. Nearly killed me! If you did the five you got your photo on the wall.

RobbingBandit

Damn his hands are like Wreck It Ralphs, on topic I just bought The Princess Bride today looking forward to seeing Andre in action.

jaykhunter

Ando's Saggy Bottom wrote: »

I put away a 2 pounder once in Boston. 4 half pounders in a bun and another half pound of fries.

Damn, that's very impressive. Has me wanting burgers now. Sounds like tomorrow's dinner!

GTR63

Ando's Saggy Bottom wrote: »

I put away a 2 pounder once in Boston. 4 half pounders in a bun and another half pound of fries. Nearly killed me! If you did the five you got your photo on the wall.

They probably had about 8 slices of cheese with it too to make it worse.
I seen him eat a huge omellete last week which looked like a big slab. He also went to go see the chickens that provided the eggs for some time consuming reason.

Insect Overlord

vibe666 wrote: »

back on the subject at hand...:P

Andre was BIG (7'4" afaik), but this dude was significantly bigger at just about 8 feet tall! :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAQ5fW-jOnY

Oh dear...

vibe666

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Never trust the billed height. He was about 7'7''. Still massive, but a good bit under 8.

Wikipedia tells lies!

in unrelated but OT related news, I ate a 54oz steak with all the trimmings in 1h10m when I was 19. they had to bring the meal out on one of those big steel serving platters!

the deal was, you got it free if you ate it quicker than the last guy and he was 5 minutes slower than me.

held it down till I got home, but I was so bloated that I couldn't sleep, so I made myself sick just so I could lay down.

Insect Overlord

vibe666 wrote: »

Wikipedia tells lies!

It's not Wiki's fault! Blame Vince McMahon! He exaggerated the heights and weights of loads of wrestlers to make them seem even more exceptional to the audience.

vibe666

my wife reckons he'd have been perfect in a live action version of shrek!

Insect Overlord

vibe666 wrote: »

my wife reckons he'd have been perfect in a live action version of shrek!

It's funny you should say that.
Shrek is (supposedly) modelled on the appearance of another acromegalic French pro-wrestler! I present to you Mr Maurice Tillet:

RobbingBandit

Insect Overlord wrote: »

I present to you Mr Maurice Tillet

And there was me think Wayne Rooney and his family was the inspiration behind Shrek...

sockmo

I thought the giant Gonzalez was awesome when I was a kid!, looking back now It seems he was not quite as awesome.which makes me wonder; do Cena's ex toddler fans now realise he's now not as good as they thought 5-8 years ago.hmmm

gnfnrhead

sockmo wrote: »

I thought the giant Gonzalez was awesome when I was a kid!, looking back now It seems he was not quite as awesome.which makes me wonder; do Cena's ex toddler fans now realise he's now not as good as they thought 5-8 years ago.hmmm

He wasn't Super Cena at that time. He was only starting to establish himself as a main eventer following his rapper gimmick. He only debuted about 10 years ago.

sockmo

Yes I know, but Cena's whole run as a cheesy babyface has been about 5 years. Plenty of time for somebody to go through puberty lol

Firewalkwithme

When I went to WM XX they had a cast made from Andre's hands in Toys R Us on Times Square so you could see how big they were. Tbh, I was a little let down, they were big but not like I had heard. I guess they were about as big as you would expect them to be for a man of his size but no more than that.

citytillidie

jaykhunter wrote: »

Ah ok cheers. As opposed to our 500ml cans. It's so weird, everything in America seems to be massive, except for their tiny alcohol cans!

Since its Molson Canadian you can get those in litre cans