thought of the day 2009 08 21 - Willis Tower

First off, I don't give a shit who bought what, it's still the Sears Tower and anyone who says different can suck it. But one interesting thing I learned while waiting to take the minute plus elevator ride to the observation deck, was that they built the tower as a series of tubes. That's right, because they're stronger. The Sears fucking tower is a series of tubes, And being that Obama's from Chicago, that would mean he was part of creating the Interwebs just as much as Al Gore. But I digress. The thing I wanted to mention was that during the little mini film they had playing it was mentioned that the explanation for how the nine different tubes would work together was done with cigarettes. That's right kids, you can't be a world famous architect and design super badass structures with thousands of miles of copper and fiber optic cable unless you're a smoker. So light up there junior because in order to understand the strength of reinforced tubes you're going to have to learn how to suck down a pack a day and get lung cancer by the time you're 40.

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