So the cash-copious Abu Dhabi Investment Council has just bought controlling interest in the landmark Chrysler Building -- easily the most beautiful structure in New York City's impressive skyline -- for 800-million dollars.
The building will now be renamed the "Dirka Dirka Mohammed Jihad" tower.
Valmorphanization begins next week.
(It's a joke, folks. Just a joke)
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Bull Dirham
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Hey don't knock it. this makes it plane proof.
The Liberal in me wanted to be offended at your "dirka dirka" comment... but I was laughing too hard.
"You buy my building, now I declare jihad on you too."
Edward, it's rare that somebody makes a comment so damn good that I wish I'd thought of it -- but you just did it.
Yes, ditto to edward.
You drink my milkshake.
Dibs on the Empire State Building.
800 million is significantly more than a buck-o-five.
This confirms my long-held belief that the continuum of socioeconomic thought is best expressed not as a plane, but as a sphere. Keep moving farther and farther to the left, and you eventually find yourself somewhere to the right of Archie Bunker.
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