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# It's a good pub game. If I was a terrorist I'd crash a plane into ...
Canary Wharf? Get a lot of business people. Destabilise economy.
Big Ben? International landmark. Iconic.

Swings and roundabouts this terrorism lark.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:24, archived)
# The milly-unium
dome would be too obvious
(Ellis, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:25, archived)
# A bit pointless though.
Isn't it going to be demolished anyway?
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:27, archived)
# Why demolish something,
when you can crash things into it?
(Ellis, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:29, archived)
# Crash Concorde into it.
Kill 2 white elephants with one stone.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:31, archived)
# concorde is great tho
granted, its fucking expensive, but it represents the best of british design.

consider this..

concorde: 25+ years of service - 1 crash
boeing: 35 years of service - LOTS of crashes
(I helped save b3ta! lo, the OTHER greebo warrior, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:34, archived)
# A-hem
British AND French design
(Ellis, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:36, archived)
# okay, i'll admit it
they helped slightly
(I helped save b3ta! lo, the OTHER greebo warrior, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:38, archived)
# That's just averages though isn't it?
Look at the relative miles flown by each design. There must be 10,000 boeings flying every day, and only 6 Concordes in total.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:37, archived)
# in a way yes
but how many boeings were engineered to deal with the stresses of supersonic flight?

excluding jet fighters
(I helped save b3ta! lo, the OTHER greebo warrior, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:39, archived)
# Well,
being as they don't fly at supersonic speeds, not very many I shouldn't think. My Skoda isn't engineered to do 200mph.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:45, archived)
# umm,
you haven't really thought that through have you?
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:38, archived)
# not really
it was a spontanious post, i may have a few numbers wrong
(I helped save b3ta! lo, the OTHER greebo warrior, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:40, archived)
# Consider this:
Try dividing the number of crashes by the number of planes.

Just a thought. And an unfluffy one. Perhaps I should go to the pub.
(I helped save b3ta! Cromagnon Don't waste my motherfucking time!, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:40, archived)
# percenatges can make anything sound worse than it actually is
(I helped save b3ta! lo, the OTHER greebo warrior, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:46, archived)
#
100% fact.
(I helped save b3ta! Cromagnon Don't waste my motherfucking time!, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:49, archived)
# Nah
they's sold it for about 1/10th of what it cost to biuld. Someone's gonna build an "entertainment" venue inside - casino's & stuff
(I helped save b3ta! thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:30, archived)
# If they hit Parkway in Camden
they'd take out a load of Estate Agents. That'd get my vote.
(I helped save b3ta! Baz Fuck off, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:25, archived)
# but I like Parkway Pizzeria
order an Alba. Lovely.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:27, archived)
# Alba
means 'Dawn' in Italian. So this means you are eating the leftovers from the last night-
I might be lying.
(I helped save b3ta! Monkboy, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:29, archived)
# Hoxton
fly a plane into Hoxton. And Clerkenwell, only wait until I'm working from home first.
(I helped save b3ta! thorpe www.voodootrombonequartet.com, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:29, archived)
# Fly one into Harlow
who would notice?
(I helped save b3ta! Ulic hissing slightly, Sat 11 Oct 2003, 10:49, archived)
# Poplar
fucking shithole that is.
what the luftwaffe didn't destroy, the local council did
(Lambkin, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:36, archived)
# The Louvre
After all, nobody fears the french...
(Philosopher30M, Fri 10 Oct 2003, 17:08, archived)
# Big Ben
is the name of the bell.

The tower (which is what I think you are referring to) is called St Stephen's Tower

/pedant
(I helped save b3ta! Duncan Disorderly, Fri 10 Oct 2003, 23:09, archived)