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5 Responses to “Plan your building well”

1. MadPiper, on February 18th, 2010 at 15:47 Said:

   Chuckle. I do have a weakness for engineering follies. I suppose they failed to pass Engineering 101, How Firm a Foundation.

   
   
2. James Higham, on February 18th, 2010 at 16:23 Said:

   You mightn’t enjoy this one during the falling though, if you were, say, on the eighth floor.

   
   
3. MadPiper, on February 18th, 2010 at 16:32 Said:

   I do hope it was unoccupied to be sure. I’ll bet the neighbors in the buildings surrounding it were rattled by the THUMP when she dropped.

   
   
4. Peter Mc, on February 18th, 2010 at 17:18 Said:

   Our own mother of Parliaments suffers from this too. When young and daft I worked for an MP and one hot summer day a man from the House of Commons maintenance dept came in to put some worktops up for us. Had he been busy, I asked?

   “Yeah, been shorin’ up Big Ben wiv six by six timbers mate.”

   Why? When they built the Parliament underground carpark they hacked though the concrete raft on which it sits, recking little of what might happen. As a result, the Victoria Tower and Clock Tower are now leaning towards one another. My friend and his mates were hammering in 6x6s like pit props.

   I wonder if MPs and Lords are still allowed to keep untaxed classic cars down there?

   
   
5. jams O'Donnell, on February 18th, 2010 at 20:27 Said:

   Yegods!