The 7 'New Wonders' of the World

[MicroBob]

"your Incan Etch-a-Sketch monkeys."


I laughed pretty hard.

[MicroBob]

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Yucca Mountain and [censored].

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trying to figure out what you could have said here that got censored.

Also, Hoover Dam would also be a good U.S. nomination.

One of the articles I read says that Statue of Liberty is towards the bottom in total votes.

[econophile]

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btw, where are the f*cking pyramids? they were built 500-1000 years BC. It is estimated that the Giza plateau took about 400 years to complete.


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The Pyramids of Giza - Egypt - 8 04%

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I read somewhere that Egyptian officials complained about having to compete for a spot on this list, since the pyramids are the only one of the original seven wonders still in existence. Now I think they are guaranteed a spot and the voting is to decide the seven "new" wonders of the world.

[MicroBob]

econo - I read the same thing. Indeed they are 'guaranteed' a spot no matter what. They were quite insulted that the only remaining wonder from the original 7 somehow has to be voted in again.

[spyderracing]

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is everyone serious with the statue of liberty?
Seriously, lol at the statue of liberty.

[/ QUOTE ] I don't see why not. I mean as far as voting it for the "'merica! [censored] YEA!" factor, yes that sucks. However, it's really the only thing in the modern world that I can come up with off the top of my head that is comparable to the Colossus of Rhodes.

[Cancuk]

Acropolis, Taj Mahal, Pyramids, Machu Picchu, Hagia Sophia, Chichen Itza, The Eiffel Tower, The Great Wall of China, Petra, and the Statue of liberty for me.

I think it’s ridiculous that the Statue of liberty is on here... Also, I thought that Tikal in Guatemala was better than Chichen Itza… but, whatever.

Voting:

Taj Mahal, Angor, Pyramids, Machu Picchu, Hagi Sophia, Great Wall, Colloseum would be my votes…. Although Petra, Acropolis, and Easter Island could be there too.

[bobman0330]

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is everyone serious with the statue of liberty?
Seriously, lol at the statue of liberty.

[/ QUOTE ] I don't see why not. I mean as far as voting it for the "'merica! [censored] YEA!" factor, yes that sucks. However, it's really the only thing in the modern world that I can come up with off the top of my head that is comparable to the Colossus of Rhodes.

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i don't really get the statue of liberty hate. I'm not really up to date on my enormous free-standing statuary, but are there other things that are at all comparable? The thing is like 300 feet tall including the base, and it's a hugely important cultural symbol. What more are you looking for in a world wonder?

[suzzer99]

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Acropolis, Taj Mahal, Pyramids, Machu Picchu, Hagia Sophia, Chichen Itza, The Eiffel Tower, The Great Wall of China, Petra, and the Statue of liberty for me.



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Far and away winnar so far. How was Petra?

[Jasper109]

Chichen Itza and the Eiffel Tower. Both meh.

[suzzer99]

Man you must be hard to impress.