By: Ritchie
We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend Which came as some surprise, I spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone, a long long time ago Oh...
View ArticleBy: Mitheral
It makes sense I suppose. I'm guessing beach, shoreline and land stabilization was supposed to be part of development of individual islands and that work hasn't proceeded.
View ArticleBy: atrazine
Not to defend this obnoxious waste of effort but aren't the articles just quoting a plaintiff with a million dollars on the line who claims the islands are eroding? The developer says things aren't as...
View ArticleBy: filthy light thief
Mitheral: Not to defend this obnoxious waste of effort but aren't the articles just quoting a plaintiff with a million dollars on the line who claims the islands are eroding? Yes, but which news agency...
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Dagobert: I always wondered who was going to buy the island that represented Israel... My quick bit of searching finds no answer to this question, but I did find that some agency or company named...
View ArticleBy: Mitheral
filthy light thiefwrites"The 'sinking' article says 'sands are eroding and the navigational channels between them are silting up.'" Not to defend this obnoxious waste of effort but aren't the articles...
View ArticleBy: filthy light thief
Mister Fabulous: filthy light thief: Your Google Maps link dropped my map somewhere near Independence, KS and asked if I was referring to M & M World, 22 E 42 St, New York, NY 10017. For some...
View ArticleBy: Dagobert
I always wondered who was going to buy the island that represented Israel...
View ArticleBy: jellywerker
...He watched the tide slowly roll out, carrying with it a few more grains of his precious island. At this rate, his +2 Australia bonus wouldn't last the week...
View ArticleBy: Copronymus
As if to add insult to injury, that crappy projection they're using uses most of its islands making up Siberia and Greenland, which seems like a bad idea if your whole point is to cater to the...
View ArticleBy: tommasz
Listen, lad. I've built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. All the kings said I was daft to build a castle in a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show...
View ArticleBy: Mister Fabulous
filthy light thief: Your Google Maps link dropped my map somewhere near Independence, KS and asked if I was referring to M & M World, 22 E 42 St, New York, NY 10017. For some reason I really enjoy...
View ArticleBy: bearwife
The Ruin (a poem partly lost due to fire damage) This masonry is wondrous; fates broke it courtyard pavements were smashed; the work of giants is decaying. Roofs are fallen, ruinous towers, the frosty...
View ArticleBy: dances_with_sneetches
I bet the guy who bought the property on Everest feels pretty smug about now.
View ArticleBy: orme
Dear Askme, My yard is looking less and less like Europe. Is my landlord responsible for adding sand to it?
View ArticleBy: filthy light thief
It's not so much "sinking" as it is balancing out between the high (above water) and the low (below). The "sinking" article says "sands are eroding and the navigational channels between them are...
View ArticleBy: Stagger Lee
The irony is a bit thick. Some days I feel like I'm living inside Transmetropolitan.
View ArticleBy: 2bucksplus
Sometimes Dubai appears to be slowly acting out the plot of Brewster's Millions.
View ArticleBy: Tomorrowful
I'd like to nominate Dubai for the First Annual Tomorrowful Award for Really Perfect Symbolism.
View ArticleBy: gurple
What can be done to save these property owners? They must be saved! They are the finest people in The World!
View ArticleThe Dead Weight of Debt
"The World", an ambitious real estate projectconceived at the height of the real estate boom, is sinking back into the sea.Alsodiscussed previously on the Blue.
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