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  cmrx64
  https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/11/rock-star-meet-guy-who-exca...here’s a picture of the actual rock - and digger! phew!
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  matthewsinclair
  Surely it has to be “Boulder McBoulderface”?[0]: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36225652
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  Stratoscope
  Here are the name finalists: • Sweet Stone Chicago • No ORDinary Rock • Chicago Rocks • O'Rock • Orchard Rock • Da Rock "No ORDinary Rock" and "Orchard Rock" are the winners for me. They both pay tribute to how O'Hare got its IATA airport code in the 1940s, when it was called Orchard Field.So deciding between the two, Orchard Rock is my pick! It's subtle, but the plaque can explain it.
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  JoeAltmaier
  "Mother's Love"Because, we so often take it for granite.
• toddmorey
  “I am going to show you where on earth in the future we will find the biggest rock: Space.”https://youtu.be/aO0TUI9r-So?si=7fNwDvf86GpVFxDR
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  fortran77
  I thought a 50 ton boulder would be bigger!
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  bcaulfield
  Should name it Dwayne Johnson and never explain further.
• PyWoody
  If you're ever in the area of Madison, NH and have absolutely nothing else to do, the Madison Boulder is kinda neat. [0] It's a little bigger at about 5k tons.[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Boulder
• syspec
  Interesting, the construction worker who found is said he never found one that big in all his years working in the field.I had no idea that would be rare, what makes it relatively rare?
• willmadden
  I nominate "Boaty McBoatface".
• chrismcb
  That boulder must be the size of a large boulder.
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  ternaryoperator
  Is a 50-ton boulder rare or super-rare?
• thehappypm
  The pioneers used to ride those babies for miles!
• wffurr
  Glad they included a video of moving it. 50 tons is close to the limit of a typical boom crane.
• lukeify
  O’Hareball!
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  huxley
  “A large boulder the size of a small boulder"https://time.com/5772944/large-small-boulder/
• karlkloss
  Rocky McRockface
• mikewarot
  Tangent time: I've got a smaller one in my yard, and I've got a set of feathers and wedges to avoid having to dig it all up at once. Here's a video of someone using feathers and wedges to split granite.https://youtu.be/s7_z-SGxUAs?si=vUKYBWYvG7nncszd&t=924
• whycome
  When Toronto had to name their team, I’m sure that the success of Jurassic Park helped the finalist (Raptors) win. I’m surprised “Rocky” didn’t make a finalist here (via Project Hail Mary).Maybe that’s too Philadelphia.O’Hare “Rocky” Dolomite
• markstos
  O'Bollard.
• anon
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• AmazingEveryDay
  What means "prehistoric boulder", are not essentially all boulders prehistoric? I just don't know what a historic boulder would even mean. Something in Raiders of the Lost Ark?
• dbcurtis
  Years ago, a company that I worked for had a huge boulder in the parking lot area that had simply been built around. At some point, facilities decided they were going to remove the boulder. Employees printed up some tee shirts that said "Save the BFR". Because, you know, it was a big rock.
• JoeAltmaier
  Pictures or it didn't happen?
• mrlonglong
  Bouldery McBoulderface.
• MadrasTh0rn
  CHIrock or CHI (shy) stone
• lifeisstillgood
  “Deep Crust” surely?
• futuresoonpast
  Rocky, obvs.
• shmilia
  Bean
• nyc_data_geek
  Rocky McRockFace
• ashton314
  Peewee Pebblestone
• wewewedxfgdf
  Big Boy Boulder
• contingencies
  As an Australian aware of Chicago's Irish heritage and the implied weight balancing our antipodean clime, I'd suggest "Tip O'Dea".PS. If visiting Chicago check out the Lincoln Park Conservatory, an amazing historic plant collection with one of the world's best ferneries, very close to downtown. https://www.lincolnparkconservancy.org/projects/conservatory...
• pvaldes
  Stonehangar, of course
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  mindslight
  There's something about finding huge rocks in the ground while digging that makes you just want to take them out and like, use them for something? The last one I found I had to make myself leave it there (well I moved it over a foot so a pipe didn't have to go around it). Like no, it has sat here for thousands of years just fine, it can keep sitting. Glad to hear it applies to 50 ton ones, as well.
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  powerbroker
  There is another rock sitting alongside a chief artery about 25 miles NW just beyond Schaumburg. Silly to give these things a name.
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  hal-eisen
  How is it possible that NONE of the candidate names refer to Colbert? Especially given his time with Second City.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_The_Colbert...