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Dev
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Gamecock
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| "New" 7 wonders? Only 3 of the 21 are not ancient...and several on the list were on the Old 7 wonders. What a crock! |
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julian_w
Joined: 08 Sep 2003
Location: Somewhere beyond Middle Peak Hotel, north of Middle Earth, and well away from the Middle of the Road
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:53 am Post subject: I nominate... |
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| I'd like to hearby officially nominate the Lotteria in Hwasoon, in Jeollanam-do. |
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chasmmi
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| Actually only the Pyramids I believe have survived from the original 7 wonders. |
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RACETRAITOR
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Location: Seoul, South Korea
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:42 am Post subject: |
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I'm a bit disappointed to not see the men's toilets at Uijongbu bus terminal not make the list. Anyone who's used the squatters there knows that they are, indeed, a wonder to behold.
Really. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:53 am Post subject: |
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| Lee Hyori's S-Line! |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I think the list is ridiculous. The Christ statue in Rio? That carving in Jordan? The Eiffel Tower is far more famous than both. That's what you get when you let people vote for something on the Internet. Rain winning the Time poll should have been the first clue. |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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| The idea is pretty dumb over all and carries no weight in academia. |
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Gamecock
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| That carving in Jordan? |
Anyone who has been to Petra would certainly never refer to it as "that carving in Jordan." I've been to most of the places on the list...and Petra is the most amazing place I've ever been to, except maybe Giza. |
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indytrucks
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Gamecock wrote: |
| Anyone who has been to Petra would certainly never refer to it as "that carving in Jordan." |
Agreed. It's like calling Westminster Abbey "that church in London." |
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huck
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I still think the Pyramids should be on the list, though.. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| huck wrote: |
| I still think the Pyramids should be on the list, though.. |
Simply because it was on the first list, yes.
The Jesus statue seems less like a Wonder of the World and more like a metaphor for Horatio Cane from CSI: Miami (see the most recent season's premier). I'm pretty sure they actually built it in 1931 for CSI. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| huck wrote: |
| I still think the Pyramids should be on the list, though.. |
Yeah I guess these latter day PT Barnum people promoting their new 7 Wonders went to Egypt to meet with the government and the government was, rightly, insulted the pyramids should even be put to a vote.
I'm sorry erecting pyramids 3,000 years ago is a lot more of a wonder than some guys in the 20th century raising a statue. |
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