 dragonlord31
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
 33 Posts
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Saturday, October 29, 2011 9:23:06 AM
Now that is said it could fall over tomorrow. |
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 Mister_C
Male, 18-29, Europe
664 Posts
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Monday, October 24, 2011 12:39:44 AM
@EgalM No, "Big Ben" is the name of the largest bell in the clocktower. The clocktower itself is called St Stephen's Tower. |
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 robosnitz
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
2752 Posts
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Sunday, October 23, 2011 12:29:59 PM
OH,NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! |
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 EgalM
Male, 18-29, Canada
1667 Posts
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Sunday, October 23, 2011 7:57:56 AM
@furrything
Pretty sure it's the clock not the bell. Though the bell is part of the clock so close enough. |
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 TheShgn2
Male, 13-17, Southern US
631 Posts
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Sunday, October 23, 2011 4:16:22 AM
Leaning Tower of Repost. |
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 Flibmeister
Female, 18-29, Europe
840 Posts
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Sunday, October 23, 2011 3:35:39 AM
"leaning tower of MP-sa" nice. ITN. nice. |
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 bex753
Male, 40-49, Western US
134 Posts
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Sunday, October 23, 2011 1:42:16 AM
the tower is just called the clock tower nothing else |
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furrything
Male, 50-59, Europe
348 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 10:15:15 PM
Big ben is the BELL....that is westminster tower. |
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 freddyferret
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
9843 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 8:08:01 PM
All of that crap to finally say it probably won't fall for thousands of years. Great. By then, there are a hundred other things that could cause it to fall or be destroyed. So let's also predict that the Great Wall of China might not be around in 10,000 years. |
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 duffytoler
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
5220 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 5:42:04 PM
3,792" = 316 ft = Big Ben height
18 / 3792 = .00475
arcsin .00475 = .272°
To that c*nt who couldn't be arsed to tell us the tilt in degrees: YOU'RE WELCOME.
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cyborg
Male, 13-17, Midwest US
2799 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 4:09:42 PM
that'd be awesome if it fell... |
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 blackcatseye
Female, 30-39, Europe
631 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 2:00:17 PM
There are many buildings in London that have been rumoured to be leaning, the Telecom Tower, Tower 47 after the IRA bomb, Canary Wharf, you name it. If it's tall and famous, it must be leaning. Yes it is the Dept of tourism, so that millions of yanks come over and take photos of our "leaning" towers. Tourism is no worse here than anywhere else, if anything people are saving coming to London for next year, Olympics is sold out, so bite me. |
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Commentator
Male, 40-49, Western US
270 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:29:46 PM
You have to see this thing in RL, it is much more impressive in reality, and in the sun it glitters gold.
London was a wonderful town, I had a great time, very friendly people, and despite what ppl said about English girls, I found them quite hot. |
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 hairyshyt
Male, 30-39, Europe
187 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:27:25 PM
Is Londons turism this lame they need gimmicks like this to draw people in. |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:02:12 PM
Its only a few inches... what can a few inches do for ya :P |
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 Orchideous
Male, 18-29, Europe
361 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 10:17:42 AM
Leaning tower of M. Peeza...
Christ Britain, a little more cheese? |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25591 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 10:15:56 AM
If this were in the U.S. Fox News would report Tower leans to left so let it fall! |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6298 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 9:58:31 AM
old news. it's not going anywhere in a hurry |
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 LazyMe484
Male, 18-29, Canada
10503 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 9:36:23 AM
@blackcatseye sucks to be me. I should have read that before posting.
Anyway, I bet they fixed it to preserve aesthetics. Even a small lean looks weird, and this is the middle of London after all. |
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LazyMe484
Male, 18-29, Canada
10503 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 9:33:32 AM
Cool. Nothing they can't fix though, even if the problem was... 16 times worse. |
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blackcatseye
Female, 30-39, Europe
631 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 9:31:30 AM
Hahahaa I knew one of you would fall for it, I have been waiting for this to come up. Big pile of trance to distract the semi sentient sheeple from the real news, it has already been fixed, and it wasn't really leaning anyway. This was first published in the Daily Mail or some such chip rag which nobody reads over here anymore, then another story showed where they had laid tons of concrete about a hundred feet down above the tube line extension. FFS, pay attention to real news. This was on the live list for over a week too. OLD and BORING |
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 splurbyburbl
Male, 30-39, Southern US
2810 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 9:29:55 AM
If this were Australia, it would be leaning the other way. |
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 Matwix_2004
Male, 18-29, Europe
2096 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 9:29:41 AM
tedgp - I heard from some places that the only time we'll notice it is between five to ten thousand years from now; not two. But eh, I suppose a really long time is what they were trying to get at. |
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tedgp
Male, 30-39, Europe
2926 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 9:27:18 AM
Better add that it wont be significant for at least 2 thousand years. |
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 AtheistAlien
Male, 30-39, Western US
772 Posts
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Saturday, October 22, 2011 9:25:16 AM
OH NO! The clock is tilted! |
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