Fellow engineering dorks....

by **jtstang** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:20 pm

see if you can wrap you brains around this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1811

by PK » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:50 pm

Lots of luck. Just big phalic symbols...rich boys playing "...mine is bigger than yours". When all is said and done, your still in the middle of a desert.

by **LonghornFan68** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:18 pm

Wish it could be something more like this:

by **MrMustang1965** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:35 pm

Remember this movie?

by **ThadFilms** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:50 pm

You know if this article had come out tomorrow, I would have been less surprised. Really? A mile high building? You gotta' be kidding me.

by **expony18** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:34 pm

LonghornFan68 wrote:Wish it could be something more like this:

are you the one on the left or the right? :lol:

by **RGV Pony** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:41 pm

Question: If this building is being built somewhere other than the U.S., why are they building something "a mile high"? Why not 2.2 km? 1km? I thought no one but us used the English system.

by **03Mustang** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:22 pm

I heard the Saudis were going to build an even taller one, completely out of oil-soaked playing cards.

by PK » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:49 pm

RGV Pony wrote:Question: If this building is being built somewhere other than the U.S., why are they building something "a mile high"? Why not 2.2 km? 1km? I thought no one but us used the English system.

Well, us and the Brits.

by **smu diamond m** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:41 pm

PK wrote:
RGV Pony wrote:Question: If this building is being built somewhere other than the U.S., why are they building something "a mile high"? Why not 2.2 km? 1km? I thought no one but us used the English system.
Well, us and the Brits.

Otherwise known as the English :wink:

This is ridiculous (the building)

Whatever, just another landmark to visit one day.

Edited for dumb; the FE manual owns my brain right now

by **couch 'em** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:08 pm

If I were that rich, and lived in a country with minimal labor costs and safety regulations, I'd build a stupid huge building too.

by **Alaric** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:23 am

WARNING: There's frontal nudity on this link. Nevermind, that's Paul McCartney.

by **MustangStealth** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:49 am

RGV Pony wrote:Question: If this building is being built somewhere other than the U.S., why are they building something "a mile high"? Why not 2.2 km? 1km? I thought no one but us used the English system.

We win again! USA! USA!

by **mrydel** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:21 pm

Actually they are going to have to get it a little "excited" in order to reach a mile. It is 30 ft. short.

by **Alaric** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:04 pm

MustangStealth wrote:
RGV Pony wrote:Question: If this building is being built somewhere other than the U.S., why are they building something "a mile high"? Why not 2.2 km? 1km? I thought no one but us used the English system.

We win again! USA! USA!

We're winning something in the Middle East?

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