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I did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa">Twitter</a> really are.

I put the Route 66 Blue Whale and Tulsa's Golden Driller in a ring. Then, I rang the bell.

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Dozens of you weighed in on who would win, who would lose and why.

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I decided that the winner of this both literal and figurative landmark smackdown should take on no other than the mammoth praying hands at Oral Roberts University:

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I think Brenda on Facebook said it best:

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Ha!

Ultimately, the Blue Whale was declared the winner and the one to take on the largest praying hands in the world.

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So who do you think takes the cake this time? The blue whale or the praying hands?
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Choose well, my friends. Because the winner takes on <a href="http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1">Taylor Hanson</a> (who, with his two brothers, hosts <a href="http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1">a Christmas special at Hanson.net this Christmas Eve</a>) next week.