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Beam Us Up Scottie ~!~ - haikuman - 07-02-2011
http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/raw-video-lightning-hits-chicago-s-willis-tower-25802953.html
Lightening in Chicago ~!~
Re: Beam Us Up Scottie ~!~ - Robert M - 07-02-2011
haiku,
Forget Willis Group Holdings - the penthouse must be rented by Dr. Frankenstein!
Robert
Re: Beam Us Up Scottie ~!~ - Acer - 07-02-2011
Somebody 'shop a Sauron eye on that, stat!
Re: Beam Us Up Scottie ~!~ - MikeF - 07-02-2011
Sorry, it will always be Sears Tower to me.
Re: Beam Us Up Scottie ~!~ - Buzz - 07-02-2011
MikeF wrote:
Sorry, it will always be Sears Tower to me.
Huh? Is the Sears Tower not the Sears Tower anymore?
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Re: Beam Us Up Scottie ~!~ - Robert M - 07-03-2011
Buzz,
Nopes. It's the Willis tower now. Ridiculous.
Robert
Re: Beam Us Up Scottie ~!~ - Zoidberg - 07-03-2011
Robert M wrote:
Nopes. It's the Willis tower now. Ridiculous.
One of those things where popular conversation will win out over official convention. E.g., any given Air Force aircraft; the USAF gives an aircraft an official designation -- e.g., A-10 Thunderbolt-- and the popular name is the one that always sticks -- e.g., Warthog. (Note the complete lack of mention of "Warthog" on the Air Force's official page linked above, but at least 18 mentions on the user-written Wikipedia page.)
So it'll always be The Sears Tower. It'd be like Trump, say, buying the Empire State Building and renaming it the Trump Landmark Tower or something; it'll always be The Empire State Building.