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2010/03/31 18:12:43
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Fixture of Dakka
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What's your verdict on this craziness to be built next to the London 2012 Olympic Stadium?
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2010/03/31 18:15:05
Subject: Re:London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Thats pretty bizarre if nothing else lol. Whats the point of that btw?
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2010/03/31 18:16:39
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Wing Commander
The home of the Alamo, TX
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Reminds me of a wireframe of a 3-D special effect model. Would fit right in in War of the Worlds 
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2010/03/31 18:16:54
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2010/03/31 18:17:48
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Fixture of Dakka
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Boris (Mayor of London) just wanted to build something (or anything) to mark the site of the Olympics so that people would carry on visiting in the future.
Looks like a roller coaster that's gone several rounds with Magneto.
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2010/03/31 18:18:25
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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Is it made from the crushed dreams and spilt tears of all the people who pay taxes so that the government can decide to build bloody horrible and pointless crap?
I sure hope so.
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2010/03/31 19:07:33
Subject: Re:London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Regular Dakkanaut
wherever your socks are
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 ehh yeah i won't spoil.....
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Too many people think only of their own profit. But business opportunity seldom knocks on the door of self-centered people. No customer ever goes to a store merely to please the storekeeper.
Kazuo Inamori
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.
Blaise Pascal
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2010/03/31 19:26:16
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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What?
They should put a roller coaster in the hoops and a rotating restaurant in the dome bit, then it would be a fantastic tourist attraction.
But they won't.
Did you know the BT Tower rotating restaurant is going to be re-opened?
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2010/03/31 20:46:47
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Unrelenting Rubric Terminator of Tzeentch
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Wait, London has a tower full of Black Templars?
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2010/03/31 20:53:01
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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Yep.
Now you know why no-one has successfully invaded the UK in nearly 1,000 years.
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2010/03/31 20:55:38
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Swift Swooping Hawk
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What is that monstrosity and why would anyone ever build it?
The picture is too small to tell, but I'm certain all the people on the giant circular concrete parking lot (also a bad idea) are pointing and laughing.
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Tantras wrote: Logically speaking, that makes perfect sense and I understand and agree entirely... but is it RAW?
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2010/03/31 20:56:06
Subject: Re:London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Fixture of Dakka
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Oh... FOR feth'S SAKE! What a fething eyesore! I wish they would stop giving trendy art-school tossarses millions of pounds to build this spank.
Now this, THIS, is a proper statue:
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I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.
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2010/03/31 21:00:30
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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They cook up a mean sole mariniere a la fromage retroussee too.
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2010/03/31 23:31:13
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
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I'm in agreement with Albatross.
That thing has no class. When I was in London I was absolutely delighted by all the beautiful stonework in the city.
That thing looks like what a bunch of 4 year olds would make if you gave them special bendy mechano.
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2010/03/31 23:47:21
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Fixture of Dakka
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So it's not a renaissance sculpture :p I think it's got a lot of modern flare and would love to have that built near me. It's definitely iconic.
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2010/03/31 23:49:51
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
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It doesn't look like anything. That's my problem with it. It's just a big bendy blob. I'd prefer a big statue of a tyrannosaurus rex or something. Maybe fighting a giant living statue of Wellington.
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2010/04/01 00:03:45
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Fixture of Dakka
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Like the original, a tragic waste of Mechano.
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2010/04/01 00:11:41
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Fixture of Dakka
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@Da Boss: Lots of things don't look like anything. Guess you're not a modern art fan?
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2010/04/01 00:45:26
Subject: Re:London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Proud Triarch Praetorian
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Wow, that thing is ugly. I do not understand how that has anything to do with the Olympic games.....
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2010/04/01 00:47:50
Subject: Re:London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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Dreadwinter wrote:Wow, that thing is ugly. I do not understand how that has anything to do with the Olympic games.....
The only things I can think to link them would be the fact they will both be horribly over-budget, not be finished in time, and be generally rubbish 
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2010/04/01 01:38:50
Subject: Re:London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Rough Rider with Boomstick
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its not as bad as the 2012 logo....
 Automatically Appended Next Post: Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:So it's not a renaissance sculpture :p I think it's got a lot of modern flare and would love to have that built near me. It's definitely iconic.
...you also love Lady Gaga....
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2010/04/01 02:39:50
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Should'v just made a big turd... much funnier and iconic. And probably prettier too.
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2010/04/01 03:02:27
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Kilkrazy wrote:Yep.
Now you know why no-one has successfully invaded the UK in nearly 1,000 years.
Actually, wouldn't that be due to the good ol' U.S.A.???
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2010/04/01 03:02:50
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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If you all seriously build that, you will be the laughing stock of the world for the next few years.
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2010/04/01 03:12:24
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Da Head Honcho Boss Grot
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Like Kilkrazy, I say if you're going to build a giant tower that looks like a roller coaster, it had sure as hell better have roller coaster capability.
Why on earth you would build something like that otherwise is beyond me.
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Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
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2010/04/01 03:13:00
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
United Kingdom
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SilverMK2 wrote:Is it made from the crushed dreams and spilt tears of all the people who pay taxes so that the government can decide to build bloody horrible and pointless crap?
I sure hope so.
Bozza is Mayor of London and not part of the government. He is also more Dick than Witintongue
Not sure if it is the best thing Anish Kapoor has dreamt up. I heard it is in collaboration with an engineer (no idea why  )
The Eiffel Tower was only meant to remain in place for the duration of the World Fair. But never suspected the jabbering jerk to commission some good old Agitprop
actually looking at the piccy again it is pretty cool- me like!
too small though needs to be really massive like Tatlin's Tower
jp400 wrote:If you all seriously build that, you will be the laughing stock of the world for the next few years.
says someone playing with iddy biddy bits of plastic
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2010/04/01 03:19:13
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Dude, Pepsi Boy will look at this and go.... "Nerds"
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2010/04/01 03:21:06
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Pepsi.. WHY PEPSI? Automatically Appended Next Post: jp400 wrote:If you all seriously build that, you will be the laughing stock of the world for the next few years.
They aren't already?
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2010/04/01 03:28:04
Subject: Re:London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
United Kingdom
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Albatross wrote:Oh... FOR feth'S SAKE! What a fething eyesore! I wish they would stop giving trendy art-school tossarses millions of pounds to build this spank.
Now this, THIS, is a proper statue:
Excuse me
Anish Kapoor and his associate engineer are hardly that.
And please moderate your language which is unecessarily vulgar for a family show.
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2010/04/01 03:31:43
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Executing Exarch
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So why did they allow a child to slap some random bits of an erector set together? This is absolute rubbish. Where is that good British sense when it is needed? My vote is that it is probably with Matt down at the pub...
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2010/04/01 03:32:36
Subject: London's Eiffel Tower?!
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
United Kingdom
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Alpharius wrote:Kilkrazy wrote:Yep.
Now you know why no-one has successfully invaded the UK in nearly 1,000 years.
Actually, wouldn't that be due to the good ol' U.S.A.???
no that would be due to the RAF
Battle of Britain 1940 70th anniversary this year
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