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17-10-06, 02:43 PM
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the "new" 7 wonders of the world
there is a short list from which "experts" are asked to chose the new 7 wonders of the world. from a list of 200 they have narrowed it down to 21....as follows:-
The 21 finalists for the New Seven Wonders of the World, alphabetically: 1 Acropolis, Athens, Greece 2 Alhambra, Granada, Spain 3 Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia 4 Chichen Itza Aztec site, Yucatan, Mexico 5 Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 Colosseum, Rome 7 Easter Island Statues, Chile 8 Eiffel Tower, Paris 9 Great Wall, China 10 Hagia Sophia church, Istanbul, Turkey 11 Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan 12 Kremlin/St.Basil's, Moscow 13 Machu Picchu, Peru 14 Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany 15 Petra ancient city, Jordan 16 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt 17 Statue of Liberty, New York 18 Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom 19 Sydney Opera House, Australia 20 Taj Mahal, Agra, India 21 Timbuktu city, Mali so, there you have it boys and girls. over to you. what would be your final 7 either from that list or any you want to see included. spearmint rhino's WILL be accepted. |
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17-10-06, 02:47 PM
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My god! I don't see the spinnaker tower in that list
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17-10-06, 02:56 PM
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Alright Keith mate.
Just while we are on the topic of modern wonders and things, I was reminded of this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0 Its ehh, well its interesting at least. Machu Picchu would take my vote. Car size boulders, jointed perfectly, dry, and you cant fit a sheet of paper between most of them. Nice bit of engineering there. |
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17-10-06, 04:00 PM
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Load of rubbish, Hoover Dam has a way bigger impact midgame. Free power station for every city on the continent? Gift...
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17-10-06, 04:14 PM
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Where do you think you are? Dublin? Gift, Rapid, and Deadly are Dublin words, and non Dubs are not permitted to use them in this context. And "midgame"? Whats all that about? |
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17-10-06, 04:15 PM
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You're having a laugh... My dad's used all three that way for most of his life and he's never been to Ireland
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17-10-06, 06:09 PM
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Seriously though? Scottish people say this too? I never knew that. I suppose I havnt spent that long in Scotland. How about "gammy", as in I have a "gammy leg". I have only really heard that one in Dublin. There is a norwegian word, "gamye" or something which means broken. I would guess they have the same origin. |
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17-10-06, 07:20 PM
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Christ the redeemer shouldn't be on that list - it's rubbish.
Macchu Pichu was awesome, but Angkor Wat was even better. |
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17-10-06, 07:27 PM
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 Though it's a bit old fashioned now I think. Deadly and rapid as well, for that matter!
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