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Forum » Tag: Pile of Shit - Recent Posts http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=pile-of-shit The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 19:18:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php Des and Stan on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-149483 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:46:02 +0000 Des and Stan 149483@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20357816">Vague excuse for a bounce .....</a> Midfield Diamond on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-145363 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:34:57 +0000 Midfield Diamond 145363@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ You can eat inside the turd? Well, it's probably less hazardous to your health than the old Beach Hotel used to be. I was always amused that The Littlehampton School where I was edgamacated had a Mr Little and a Mr Hampton. Absolutely true. button on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-145349 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:54:29 +0000 button 145349@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ A turd on the beach glinting in the morning sun, how lovely. Did this not get used? MADJEZ on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-145338 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:14:21 +0000 MADJEZ 145338@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Here's the full 360 degree view. Used to work over that way, had the pleasure of having Christmas lunch there (freezing cold windy December) lovely view of the totally featureless part of the English Channel and the brown sea ! <img src="http://www.designbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/east_beach_cafe_littlehampton_uk_image_title_4gzap.jpg"> Gerontius on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-145329 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:50:32 +0000 Gerontius 145329@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Council meeting: "OK...everybody in Littlehampton is sick of people making jokes about the name of our town. Can anybody think of something that might make people take us more seriously? Des and Stan...showing how two heads are better than one. The All New Jeni B on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-145324 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:41:50 +0000 The All New Jeni B 145324@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ I'd give it twenty minutes before going in... Stars. button on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-143802 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:06:26 +0000 button 143802@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Sounds like at least a 3 flusher. Midfield Diamond on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-143800 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:03:33 +0000 Midfield Diamond 143800@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Very good sub, stars from me. And it looks like I should pay another visit to LA (it's a bit like the one in California but with more guns and gangs). When I went to school there, we had real turds in the sea when they switched on the new sewage works - presumably the sculpture is a tribute to those happy days. Squudge on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-143785 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:11:33 +0000 Squudge 143785@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ The artist must have enjoyed that - all it needs is a couple of pretend flies on boingy metal rods. I like the idea of the London Dog Egg Tripod on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-143724 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:52:55 +0000 Tripod 143724@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ ^^^ Christ... someone actually paid money for that? MADJEZ on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-143721 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:49:40 +0000 MADJEZ 143721@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Will it look something like the turd on Littlehampton beach ? <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/The_East_Beach_Cafe,_Littlehampton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407279.jpg"> Jeremy Hunt on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-143713 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:29:20 +0000 Jeremy Hunt 143713@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Deep in the bowels of London Bridge,the commuters wend their weary way. 5* Des and Stan on "New tower named ‘The Turd’ to grace London skyline" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49785#post-143709 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:17:10 +0000 Des and Stan 143709@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ The plans for a new skyscraper, already nicknamed The Turd by City wags, have been passed by Corporation of London officials. The 980 foot structure is the latest of a series of iconic towers to be built in the Square Mile, each given its own memorable moniker by Londoners, such as the Gherkin, the Shard and the Walkie-Talkie, names which have been tacitly approved, or even adopted, by architects’ creative teams. The new building was originally dubbed ‘The Branch of Life’ by its designers, Davis, Davies & David, and was a serious attempt to introduce an organic-style structure with world-beating eco-credentials into an otherwise sterile environment. Unfortunately the tower’s irregular shape, meant to resemble the kind of stick you might throw for a dog, coupled with the mix of matt and glistening glazing panels in subtle shades of brown, meant that instead of the intended breath of fresh air, the design caused a stink from day one. Speculation that a new building was being commissioned by liquidation and insolvency experts Booerm & Boearst Inc. and early publicity images showing the planned tower looked like a fresh dump by a desperate giant, immediately led to commentators completely ignoring the official publicity title. ‘It started as a bit of fun,’ said commodity trader Giles Skidmore. ‘Someone saw a picture in the paper and commented that the thing look like a giant turd and the name kinda stuck. It’s rather appropriate given the prospective occupants.’ Attempts to brush the problem away have not been helped by rumours that early tests of the building’s innovative air-management system show that steam will rise from all parts of the structure almost all the time in London’s cool damp air. According to experts, the architects have attempted to neutralise the whiff of bad publicity by promoting a compromise name of The Log, but no matter how strenuously they try, the new name has been floating around for too long and refuses to go away. ‘Their problem just goes to prove the old adage,’ quipped a smug rival architect, ‘that you can’t polish a turd.’