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Souvy Mar 9th 2011 5:17 am

Things that make people stop talking
 
I got back yesterday from a mining conference in TO. On display was the rescue capsule used to recover miners in Chile a while back. Pretty much everyone that walked by it simply stopped talking and gazed at it in awe.

Funky Florist Mar 9th 2011 5:48 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 
The Spitfire aircraft.

And I've seen Captains of Industry, who are in charge of huge corporations rendered entirely speechless when meeting The Queen!

el_richo Mar 9th 2011 6:12 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 
Simon Weston

Oink Mar 9th 2011 6:23 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 
Jordan.

el_richo Mar 9th 2011 6:25 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9228597)
Jordan.

Michael or Eddie?

Tangram Mar 9th 2011 6:28 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 
Dropping your bowels in public.

lgspoke Mar 9th 2011 6:30 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 

Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 9228602)
Michael or Eddie?

He means the country I suspect. Or maybe the river of the same name.

BristolUK Mar 9th 2011 6:36 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9228597)
Jordan.

Oink.

;)

Oink Mar 9th 2011 6:46 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 

Originally Posted by Tangram (Post 9228607)
Dropping your bowels in public.

Not in downtown Vancouver.

mandymoochops Mar 9th 2011 7:31 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9228597)
Jordan.


Originally Posted by lgspoke (Post 9228614)
He means the country I suspect. Or maybe the river of the same name.

I would say the one with the big puppies

Jingsamichty Mar 9th 2011 7:34 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 
Television.

iaink Mar 9th 2011 7:36 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 

Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 9228735)
I would say the one with the big puppies

Are you confusing your countries? That's Afghans isnt it?

http://dogbreedsinfo.org/images/Afghan_Hound_Puppy.jpg

Joe_Sleepy Mar 9th 2011 9:20 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 
Monet's Waterlilies..

Oink Mar 9th 2011 9:41 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 

Originally Posted by Joe_Sleepy (Post 9229003)
Monet's Waterlilies..

Willem de Kooning's 'Jordan.'

Joe_Sleepy Mar 9th 2011 10:05 am

Re: Things that make people stop talking
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9229062)
Willem de Kooning's 'Jordan.'

Jeff Koons' "Made In Heaven".


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