New 7 Wonders of the World

[dang65]

Pyramids of Giza should be on the list because they were on the old list.

Interesting fact: When the original Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World were listed in 140 BC, the Pyramids were the oldest of the structures on the list by 2000 years. And they are the only structure from that list which are still standing now.

So, really the Pyramids should be The Wonder Of The World, and then you could have a list of Some Other Fairly Nice Places.

[zathras]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct

or this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oresund_Bridge

I like bridges.

The Oresund Bridge looks like a candidate for a new list of wonders

[Burdock]

The Oresund Bridge looks like a candidate for a new list of wonders

yeah. gingerjedi, you have a fine taste in bridges.

[swamp]

I think the interweb is a wonder of the modern world.

Too early to tell. The interweb may look crap in a thousand years.

[sasguru]

Too early to tell. The interweb may look crap in a thousand years.

Particularly if they find CD's cretinous ramblings

[anally retentive]

1 jordan's bust
2 george bush's stupidity
3 terry wogan's toupee
4 jade goody's career
5 milton keynes
6 the taj mahal (26 High Street, Rotherham)
7 liam gallagher's ego

[vetran]

CUK 7 wonders.

1. The overwhelming mandate Tony got to lead us.
2. Gordons massive tax take hasn't actually driven us back to third world status.
3. House prices keep rising
4. Agents
5. how ATW gets any coding done.
6. Why the UK hasn't sunk, due to Global Warming/Cooling/staying the same, immigration or Sally Annes lunch falling off the table.
7. Test Please Delete

[Euro-commuter]

Interesting fact: When the original Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World were listed in 140 BC, the Pyramids were the oldest of the structures on the list by 2000 years. And they are the only structure from that list which are still standing now.

So, really the Pyramids should be The Wonder Of The World, and then you could have a list of Some Other Fairly Nice Places.

The original list can be traced to Herodotus (484-425 BC, probably). Naturally it only includes sights that would be seen by Greek tourists. Stonehenge already existed by then (the first stages are about 1000 years older than the pyramids) but the Greeks didn't know about it.

Later mediaeval lists naturally folowed the Hellenic writings.

[zathras]

4 jade goody's career

She has n't got one! It is not existant, to misquote Monty Python it is an ex-career. She had one, but lost it when she opened her big cakehole and proved how stupid she is. OK she got the career by opening her big cakehole and proving how stupid she is, so nothing changed there, but there is no career there.