Am i the only person that thinks the building looks absolutely nothing like a walkie talkie?
no, I've never heard it referred to as that either.
we call it the upside down cheese grater at work, but I like Fryscraper a lot.
Lolz @ fry scraper
*goes back to looking at the blonde* that bloke behind her is staring at her arse!
Houns, quite glad that wasn't me! There are some eye-catching bums around!
There are some eye-catching bums around!
It's certainly been a bit of a Black Iridium week so far, hasn't it? 8)
so, did the egg actually fry then?
Black Iridium week
normally I race home on my bike, but sometimes it's nice to take in the scenery at a more leisurely pace...
Fryscraper! Genius, I wish I'd thought that one up. 😀
It is a really ugly building, though; it has no real redeeming features that I can see. Nor do the others surrounding the Gerkin. Bloke in the paper today reporting on it measured the temp at nearly 98?!
Pity it isn't right on the river, could have done an Archimedes, and fried waterborne invaders.
I like the fact that it's now called the Fryscraper which sounds far less endearing than the walkie-talkie. I hope it sticks.
It might be a non-stick fryscraper.
More to the point, how are those Jags going to survive places like Oz and Middle East?
It might be a non-stick fryscraper.
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It was 96°C. Even a [s]JesusMobile[/s] Skoda would bubble in that heat.More to the point, how are those Jags going to survive places like Oz and Middle East?
Architect would appear to be yet another title that means 'pay me lots to do splendidly unintelligent stuff.'
They say the phenomenon is only going to last 2 or 3 weeks, but surely as the sun gets lower in the sky, the point of focus will just move up the buildings opposite?
I've a meeting across the street next week - best get my man to pack the sunnies & slap!
we call it the upside down cheese grater at work
Is that to go with the actual cheesegrater at Leadenhall?
I too went past it today - I was in Maplin at about 10 and it was in shade, but come lunchtime the whole area was packed.
Nottingham had / has got a death mirror that could incinerate pigeons
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/mar/07/paulkelso1
Designed by Anish Kapoor
I rode around the fry scraper today as it happens, nice building that, no jags in sight though 😆
So that must be how Pinnarello give their bikes their 'unique' shape.
Well, it was either them or the big spherical place over the road.
I go past it every day and I've heard a few people refer to it as the 'Deathstar'.
so there's a bicycle chained up in the beam of the death ray and the saddle is smouldering so they're throwing water at it. about 150 people down there now...
