The $11 MILLION X-Mas Tree (Made in UAE)

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**WarOne**

So...yeah. It's an X-Mas tree...one of the most expensive fake ones of its kind, and its not even in America.

Seriously America...your slacking.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/article822308.ece/Hotel-decks-halls-with-boughs-of-jewels

The Emirates Palace hotel said: "Putting up the Christmas tree is not a novelty, rather it is a tradition meant to share in celebrating occasions that guests [mark]."

The tree holds a total of 181 diamonds, pearls, emeralds, sapphires and other precious stones.

The 13m faux evergreen is not the first extravagant offering from the seven-star Emirates Palace: it also offers a week-long stay priced at R68-million that includes a private butler, chauffeur-driven Maybach and use of a private jet.

The hotel has a vending machine that dispenses gold.

**assultmarine**

gold..despensing...vending machine?

**KingCracker**

Ok heres my plan, we all get together, fly over there, and rob that fething place. Simple, and theres no WAY we can over spend the budget I mean, CMON! That tree would be a huge profit, and a gold dispensing machine?! Isnt gold at like $1k an once or something? Seriously guys think about it!

**mattyrm**

I'm in.

You have to provide the dakka though mate, I'm British and and such was not permitted to keep my gunz! :(

**Albatross**

Ah, the UAE. They are to taste what Sarah Palin is to subtlety.

**KingCracker**

mattyrm wrote:I'm in.

You have to provide the dakka though mate, I'm British and and such was not permitted to keep my gunz! :(

Gotcha covered and then some.

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Albatross wrote:Ah, the UAE. They are to taste what Sarah Palin is to subtlety.

I actually tried to watch her tv show the other night...... I lasted about 5 minutes. Better then I thought I could last

**Jburch**

wonder if we could do the old "string tied to a quarter" trick on the gold dispensing vending machine?

**WarOne**

We also need codenames.

KingCracker's codename can be CingKracker.

Jburch can be Hcrubj.

Albatross will be known as Bird.

mattyrm will be simply known as mattyrm.

And I can be WarTwo.

They'll never know it was us!

**Albatross**

I demand that my codename be changed to 'Bigbird'.

Now, to business: What are our specialisations?

My initial suggestions:

Matty - ultraviolence, shouting
KC (and the Sunshine Band) - munitions, beards (we're gonna need them)
Bigbird (me) - fiendish plans, quips, smoking
Jburch - safe-cracking
WarOne - irreverence, knives

Suggestions?

**Necros**

What happens if your gold gets stuck in the vending machine? can you bump it to get it to fall out, and sometimes get an extra piece?

**ShumaGorath**

assultmarine wrote:gold..despensing...vending machine?

Silly middle east. We use electronic transactions now!

:edit:

Can my nickname be cobra-falcon?

**EagleArk**

And i shall be called flying boat!

**Chowderhead**

This is Dubai, people. Someone built a skyscraper because they wanted a house.

A PRIVATE SKYSCRAPER. That's Dubai for ya.

**Necros**

I Dubai that for a dollar?