Big Spud Dumped, Not Sh*t Enough

Tasmania’s Big Spud has been dumped from Round 1 of Australia’s Shittest Big Thing. The quarter finals thus feature no Tasmanian contenders.

The north-west icon was defeated in a potato-off with New South Wales’ The Big Potato but by a narrow margin was not awful enough. The competition is run by Facebook group Sht Towns of Australia.

Round 1 results

The Big Potato 50.7% v The Big Spud 49.3%
The Big Mango 85.1% v The Big Pineapple 14.9%
The Big Powerful Owl 86.6% v The Big Banana 13.4%
The Big Oyster 87.5% v The Big Prawn 12.5%
The Giant Koala 85.1% v The Big Merino 14.9%
The Big Boxing Crocodile 56.3% v The Big Ned Kelly 43.7%
The Big Ugg Boots 78.2% v The Big Rum Bottle 21.8%
The Big Poplar 51.3% v World’s Tallest Bin 48.7%

Voting in the competition is still open.

The description below of The Big Spud was published in a post on the group page.

THE BIG SPUD (SASSAFRAS, TAS)

Officially called Kenny Kennebec, the Big Spud is an anthropomorphic potato impaled through its arsehole by a massive pole outside a petrol station. If you’re wondering what kind of sicko would assemble such a sadistic scene, he’s now the Tasmanian premier. Kenny has been sitting in his painful position for 40 years and has survived being blown over by the wind, hit by a truck, shot by locals and constantly covered in dildos by kids.

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