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German Town Wants Its Own Great Pyramid
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 9-2-2007 | Bojan Pancevski

Posted on 09/01/2007 7:06:49 PM PDT by blam

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To: blam
1.)Ziggurats are not pyramids.

2.)They said that they were ripping off the idea from the Egyptians.

3.) Germany is not in South East Asia.

21 posted on 09/01/2007 8:17:08 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

How about, eg, for a mere $1500, I arrange to have your remains permanently entombed in Heidelburg castle, with all the German emporers (actually, Palantine Princes).

Would that resting place be worth $1500 to ye, now?


22 posted on 09/01/2007 8:20:52 PM PDT by patton (Congress would lose money running a brothel.)
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Actually that would be kind of cool! A castle would be far more in keeping with German traditions and culture.

But I am going to be recycled and cremated.

23 posted on 09/01/2007 8:23:51 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

See, that is the thing, now.

Cremation creates ash.

Ash is an ingredient of concrete - the denser, the better. That is why the coluseum is still standing - the romans used volcanic ash.

You wish to be recycled? OK, I can do that, I will recycle you as a brick (stone, actually), in the reconstruction of Heidelburg.

And all for a mere $1500, less than the cost of a burial plot.

Think of your loved ones - the trip to Europe, the dining in, the funeral, the Altstadt - and no graveside maintence fees, ever!

The City of Heidelburg protect that tourist trap like you would never believe.

Would it be worth it, to you? Two be recycled as a stone in the world’s most famous castle?

In the world’s most romantic city?

For a mere $1500 dollars?


24 posted on 09/01/2007 8:34:50 PM PDT by patton (Congress would lose money running a brothel.)
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To: goldstategop

Mies van der Rohe once got on his wife’s bad side. He spent weeks in the bauauhaus.


25 posted on 09/02/2007 6:14:54 AM PDT by Erasmus (My simplifying explanation had the disconcerting side effect of making the subject incomprehensible.)
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26 posted on 09/05/2007 12:46:56 PM PDT by redstates4ever
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