Perhaps they measured the total length of the condom,before it was put on the building, whereas whoever measured it for English sources measured it as it was on the building, which might be less, as it looks rolled up. Or, someone just can't count.
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Daniel Butler
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I vote typo. That, or idiocy. I know somebody who was born and raised in Argentina (not B.A. though) who lives in Spain now and all he can do is tell me stories of the vast and varied idiocy and savagery of the Argentine people.
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quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: Well, I was partially right. "English: A 67 m long "condom" on the Obelisco (obelisk) in downtown Buenos Aires, to commemorate the international AIDS awareness day." December 9th, 2005. Ask your friend if he was there that day.
She was not but she says that you can find postcards of it all over Buenos Aires.
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Actually, what is the point of this thread? "How dare a bunch of people we Americans regard as inherently inferior use the rewards of their natural resources to build stuff?" And, if you think the fact you're paying the dizzying sum of more than four dollars per gallon can be blamed solely on a bunch of heathen towelheads then you're sorely deluded.
quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: I vote typo. That, or idiocy. I know somebody who was born and raised in Argentina (not B.A. though) who lives in Spain now and all he can do is tell me stories of the vast and varied idiocy and savagery of the Argentine people.
Savagery... yeah, maybe. It's more of a permanent competition of Argentine vs. Argentine to see who's better, who's more shrewd, who's more successful, who has cheated on most people.
But we aren't all like that.
And I've seen the gigantic condom three years ago. The obelisk is 67 m tall, so you know. Much smaller than the Washington obelisk in DC.
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Well you're obviously not all like that, the friend I'm talking about is a great guy.
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I saw this and it hit me what this kind of reminds me of......the Barad-dur
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here's a thought. in light of 9/11.. do forriegn buildlings include Air Defences?
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Not that I've ever heard of....it would be possible to equip a pair of Phalanx pods to the building's opposite corners and effictively deter any would be attack, but it would severely inconvience all the surrounding buildings that would be hit by the exploding debris/crashing plane, etc.
It'd work great on oil rigs and things in unpopulated areas though.
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Daniel Butler
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That reminds me of something I read. From memory do I quote:
"In the year 2021, a small group of rogue Americans crash two planes into the Burj Al-Arab in Dubai. The United Arab Emirates spend the next five years invading Canada and torturing their citizens, leading to a loss of over 80,000 lives.
Wait. That's not funny."
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