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Where in the word? Parts three and four
2007-08-06 18:46
by Bob Timmermann

No prizes today. Just the overwhelming respect of your peers. Today two pictures:

#1

 

 

#2

 

You can leave your guesses in the comments this time. And if you can figure out why these were picked today that would be good also.

Comments
2007-08-06 19:12:07
1.   Ken Arneson
I'm guessing the first one is Hiroshima, as this is the anniversary of the atomic bomb.
2007-08-06 19:23:05
2.   vockins
#2 is the Andy Warhol museum, because it's his birthday? maybe?
2007-08-06 19:25:06
3.   Bob Timmermann
1 is right.
2 is wrong.
2007-08-06 19:52:50
4.   Sam DC
#2 is in Toronto. Simcoe Day you know.
2007-08-06 19:53:22
5.   vockins
3 It was the trolley/bus cables. And the fact that it's Andy Warhol's birthday. I think.
2007-08-06 19:59:00
6.   Bob Timmermann
4
I need more information than Toronto. It's a specific famous place in Toronto.
2007-08-06 19:59:35
7.   Bob Timmermann
Now that I think of it, I need a specific name for the place in Hiroshima too!
2007-08-06 20:01:23
8.   110phil
Most of us Ontarians still call today "Civic Holiday," which is what it used to be before Simcoeization.
2007-08-06 20:04:15
9.   Sam DC
I assume 1 is the Peace Memorial.

For 2 I'm going with Maple Leaf Garden.

2007-08-06 20:17:25
10.   Bob Timmermann
According to 8, I can't call the answer for #2 as correct.

I will give #1 a correct call since it's being translated from Japanese. The building in the background is the A-Bomb Dome, the only building left standing from August 6, 1945 in the city.

2007-08-06 20:18:35
11.   Sam DC
Well, I guess all I can really say is hose off comment 8.
2007-08-06 20:27:32
12.   110phil
Is comment 11 suggesting that I need to be hosed off because I am covered in some unpalatable substance?

Well! And a happy Simcoe Day to you too!

2007-08-06 20:29:15
13.   Bob Timmermann
Full shot of Picture 2:
http://tinyurl.com/2w2lsh
2007-08-06 20:30:21
14.   Bob Timmermann
Hey, I want my two friends who live in two of North America's capital cities to be friends!

Being angry is not in keeping with the spirit of Simcoe Day.

2007-08-06 20:32:44
15.   110phil
John Simcoe would be rolling over in his, er, graves.
2007-08-06 20:34:51
16.   Sam DC
Hmmm . . . I'm worrying that my friendly good joshing didn't make it through the tubes.

On my honeymoon in the Gulf Islands, my wife and I adopted this phrase off a friendly billboard, which I still hold dear: "The World Needs More Canada."

2007-08-06 20:37:05
17.   Bob Timmermann
There's plenty of Canada for everybody.

But most of it is in the NWT.

2007-08-06 20:43:05
18.   110phil
Indigo bookstore up here has that "The World Needs More Canada" quote above the escalators, surrounded by names of famous Canadians. Almost any internationally famous Canadian you can think of is up there.

What a crappy little country we are, where all our famous people can fit on a single, smarmy display.

2007-08-06 20:44:40
19.   Sam DC
Even Geddy Lee?
2007-08-06 20:46:53
20.   Bob Timmermann
18
I should have shown you the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
2007-08-06 21:04:22
21.   110phil
19: I'll check. I think it just said "Rush," but I'm not sure.
2007-08-06 21:05:10
22.   El Lay Dave
Before I read the comments, I thought the person on the left in photo #1 was Juan Pierre.
2007-08-07 05:32:13
23.   D4P
22
I still thought that even after reading the comments...

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