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I'd forgotten all about that - I voted ages and ages ago. So long ago, in fact, that I can't remember what I voted for!

Not Stonehenge, anyway, for two reasons:

1) It's older than all of the original 7 wonders, and
2) It's rubbish anyway. Far more impressive, and less busy, stone arrangements up here.

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Ditto. I wish the Pyramids weren't an option, as they are indeed one of the old wonders, and the only one still standing at that. (As I recall, when I voted, they weren't, more sort of an honourable mention thing.)

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"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

The Pyramids are no longer an option. They've been included as an honorary wonder.

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Where are the predecessors: Woodhenge and Strawhenge?

There are few places called Woodhenge, as it happens. The one in England is actually near to Stonehenge.

Perhaps some of the (many) plain, earth bank and ditch henges have simply had their straw blown away.......

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It was an Eddie Izzard joke.

EDIT: From his stand-up routine "Dress to Kill"

Yes, I know. My sister in law thinks he's great.

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Well, there's always Carhenge:

I'd go for the Alhambra. It is really breathtaking, much "moor" so than the rest of the wonders.

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Macchu Picchu is a fantastic place. Did the trail to it last year. It was a let down at first that after 4 days walk in good conditions it rained as we got there but then seeing the clouds pass below the settlement and the drop offs in most directions its an impressive place to be.

Wow, I just realized I've seen (personally) 10 out of the 21 up for grabs. I feel good...

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I've seen the Eiffel tower from a large distance (from the highway near Charles de Gaulle IIRC), and Stonehenge also from the highway. So that's not a lot .

However, there are many very impressive structures. When I first entered the (still unfinished atm) renewed Antwerp Central Station I said to my SO: "it doesn't hurt people when they build something slightly over the top from time to time". And that's the feeling I get with anything that IMO would form a candidate for "wonder of the world": something really impressive, more than strictly necessary or than the easiest solution, something that makes you think about the effort/creativity it cost to create it and/or design it and makes you proud that humans created this.

I can't really pick 7 from the 21 candidates, never mind from every candidate I could come up with.

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I wonder where socks lost in the laundry go?

I wonder why the grass is always greener on the other side?

I wonder if the U.S. was the only country to be hit by the Pet Rock epidemic?

I wonder what women really want

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I've been in 4, and seen another.
My sentiments too:
Basically; I consider a wonder of the world to be: "I wonder how they were able to do that considering..."

Now for this particular "contest", I think there should be a better description of what the list is supposed to convey.
There is no definition as to what a wonder should be. There is an exclusion for technology, and they don't make it clear what the word "new" refers to.
Is it a new list (therefore the pyramid applies)
Is it for new things (like things built after the original list - apparently not)
Is it for new things that were not considered for the original list.
There is no knowledgable authoritative sponsor.
They also say it should be "universally recognizable"... Why? If it is a little known wonder, then why not nominate it?

The original list was a "must see" list. Now, in that vain, it fits to be a popularity contest. But; why take that intermediate step of having a panel of "experts" take it from 77 places down to 21?

I have heard people say ancient stuff is not applicable because it's not new.

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To be asked?

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"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

The question is not what women really want, the question is who women really want.

The answer involves an astronomy board and over 10.000 posts, or so I hope

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1) The Chunnel (Britain/France)
2) Eiffel Tower (France)
3) The Palm Islands (Dubai)
4) Golden Gate Bridge (USA)
5) Panama Canal (Panama)
6) Three Gorges Dam (China)
7) International Space Station (various, pending completion)


To heck with the old crap. The wonders of the old world were living breathing parts of their era. As should the modern wonders be.

I couldn't handle it unless one of us were willing to move to the other's country, Nicolas. I hate long-distance relationships!

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"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

I couldn't handle it unless your current boyfriend wasn't in the military

Seriously though, for 5 years my SO has been living at a distance that allowed us to only see each other in the weekends, and I'm quite tired of that. Working on the problem though, in a few months time I'm moving!

I can only praise myself lucky there's fully open borders and the same currency now, so moving across the border is no different than traveling inside the country. But still, it's time I have 1 living place instead of 3. I go across the border like some people go to the mall .

edit: erm just how far off topic are we!

To get this back