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July 16th, 2004, 01:19 PM
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Buildings that look like things!!
Here are some buildings that look like animals or objects. Add any others you know of.
Elephant Building, Bangkok  Crocodile Hotel, Kakadu (Nth Terr, Australia)  Longaberger Baskets Headquarters, Newark Ohio 
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July 16th, 2004, 09:37 PM
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By the ocean
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Bahai Temple, New Delhi
Built like a lotus - India's national flower. Note that the water bodies resemble the lotus leaves. 
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July 17th, 2004, 05:47 AM
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Oh sweet lord Jesus
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The motorway rest-area Illertal-Ost in south Germany:
looks like food   
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Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. Matthew 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. |
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July 17th, 2004, 06:01 AM
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Oh sweet lord Jesus
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The famous "world biggest" wine cask in Bad Dürkheim/Germany:
 
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Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. Matthew 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. Last edited by goschio; July 17th, 2004 at 06:15 AM. |
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July 23rd, 2004, 03:15 AM
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haha i like the elephant
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July 28th, 2004, 07:34 PM
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those are cool!
 I haven't seen a few of those! 
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July 29th, 2004, 05:46 AM
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how tall is the elephant tower?
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July 30th, 2004, 03:53 PM
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That Elephant-building is so.........
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July 31st, 2004, 01:21 PM
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Nooo, ya no
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El Hemisferic, Valencia. A Eye
 
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August 2nd, 2004, 06:06 AM
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TRUXILLO del PERU !!!
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really cool "things"!!!!!!!!!
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August 3rd, 2004, 09:12 AM
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The Uninspired Architect
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     Esplanade Theatres, Singapore, located at Marina Bay.
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August 3rd, 2004, 01:20 PM
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nohup rm -rf */*
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Ahemmm...lol...we all know what some folks thinks this looks like ;-)
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August 8th, 2004, 12:54 AM
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Sydney: World's best city
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AcesHigh found this one of a house in the shape of a whale in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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August 10th, 2004, 02:49 AM
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Calatrava Expansion of the Milwaukee Art Museum (a bird):
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August 10th, 2004, 03:06 AM
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Quote:
Looks like the Washington Monument.....j/k !!... 
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August 11th, 2004, 12:14 PM
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Or is it?
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August 11th, 2004, 12:16 PM
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Or is it?
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 Its suppose to be a wigwam
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September 5th, 2004, 12:39 AM
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Telefonica building, Santiago, Chile. It looks like a cellular phone.
 
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September 5th, 2004, 12:53 AM
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looks like a cheese grater...
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September 5th, 2004, 12:55 AM
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looks like a gherkin...
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