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Those Crazy Dutch
12/19/07
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12/1/07
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
10:11:00 AM EST
Hearing Nothing at the moment

Those Crazy Dutch


This is wacky yet somehow also awesome: The Dutch contemplate building a new 30 mile island off the coast of their country. The kicker: It would look like this:



That'd be a $15 billion tulip, once the construction costs are factored in. I'm for this because it would be cool, and also because it's not my money. Your thoughts?


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  • #5 Comment from lurkynat 
    12/22/07 11:57 PM | Permalink
    John this is so beautiful! Thanks so much!
    natalie
  • #4 Comment from chasferris 
    12/21/07 4:37 PM | Permalink
    From the photo, I have decided it is all a hoax.  Neat one though.
  • #3 Comment from monponsett 
    12/20/07 5:01 PM | Permalink
    Cape Cod looks like a slowly extending middle finger, meant for Europe.
  • #2 Comment from easuess 
    12/20/07 1:23 PM | Permalink
    Since humans are so good at building levees and the like *cough*--why the hell not manufacture an island?

    http://www.2writehands.com
  • #1 Comment from geminiwilder 
    12/20/07 10:20 AM | Permalink
    hmmm. my thought is what a humongous waste of money, no matter whose it is. they could feed and house so many people in the world instead. or donate it to find a cure for cancer.  money confuses me, anyway. when there's not enough, can't they just make more and divide it evenly, so nobody will live in poverty? hmmm. sad.