Reply to: New 7 Wonders of the World

[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.

[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.

[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

[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

[sasguru]

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

Particularly if they find CD's cretinous ramblings

[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.

[Burdock]

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

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

[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

[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.

[EternalOptimist]

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


How many hammers does it take to build stonehenge and is it worthwhile ?

[andy]

SKA

it will be a wonder if it works

[AtW]

SKA

[swamp]

Eiffel tower, FFS!

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

[gingerjedi]

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

or this...

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

I like bridges.

[zathras]

http://www.new7wonders.com/

I voted for:

Acropolis
Angkor Watt
Petra
Taj Mahal
Stonehenge
Great Wall of China
Macchu Piccu

Can't believe the Angel of the North wasn't among the contenders

If we are going to have 7 new wonders of the world would it not be better if they were actually new.

No mention of the Channel Tunnel which while it may be heavily in debt is still an incredible feat of engineering.

Hows about the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco (speaking of which hows about the Tram Network in San Francisco - built buy a British man of course )


Surely we could come up with 7 New Wonders of the World