I don't like to talk about it but I am technically a 'Southern Belle' because I was born in Melbourne, a small town about thirty minutes from Orlando. In the 80s it was still pretty much a swamp and there was nothing within miles, so in order to get anywhere or do anything my parents had to drive closer to Orlando where tehre was actual civilization. Since, again, most of the area was swamps and golf courses, it was possible to see the giant monument at EPCOT from a fair distance. So it was something I got used to seeing, this giant golf ball.
Except that once we moved to England, we lived very near an Air Force base called Menwith Hill that also happens to have a very similar feature:
The resemblance is uncanny. I don't actually know what purpose the one at Menwith serves. I'm not even completely sure what EPCOT's is, either, but I think it might be 'Tomorrowland' or something.
Anyway. I just thought giant golf balls were a feature of every town. Like post offices and schools.
As it turns out, they don't, and I'm really way weirder than I'm even aware of.
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