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2010-02-08 -Short Attention Span Theater-

World's tallest tower lookout suddenly shuttered

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Posted by Grotch the Scantily Clad7546 2010-02-08 08:13|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I wonder, could it have anything to do with the "Surf & Turf Nudist Colony" in Sharjah UAE ?

/no such place

Posted by Unereth Darling of the Huns6805 2010-02-08 11:24|| 2010-02-08 11:24|| Front Page Top

#2 In a brief statement responding to questions, building owner Emaar Properties blamed the closure on "unexpected high traffic," but then suggested that electrical problems were also at fault.

In'shallah Electrical Engineering. Nah, boys, I wouldn't worry about it...

Posted by tu3031 2010-02-08 12:01|| 2010-02-08 12:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Ervin Hladnik-Milharcic, 55, a Slovenian writer planning to visit the city for the first time this month, said he hoped the Burj would reopen soon.

"It was the one thing I really wanted to see," he said. "The tower was projected as a metaphor for Dubai. So the metaphor should work. There are no excuses."

Hahahaha Ervin, it works as more of a metaphor than you think.

Posted by gromky 2010-02-08 14:02|| 2010-02-08 14:02|| Front Page Top

#4 No surprise here, as personally the design of the upper third of that Tower is inherently unstable. IMO 'TIS MORE THAN JUST PROBS WID THE ELEX.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-02-08 18:13|| na 2010-02-08 18:13|| Front Page Top

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