The "Spike" Poll

DiscoStu · 23-01-2003 01:25AM

there is what looks like a big dirty red light buld on the top incase some moron decides to fly a plane over it even the though the city centre is restricted airspace.

sceptre · 23-01-2003 01:57AM

Originally posted by boogie man
Why do the french need the Eiffel Tower

Indeed.

Of course there was a radio antenna on top of it for years but that was added far later (the 1920s I suspect) than when it was built (1889 or summat)

Also worth remembering that les Parisiens hated the Eiffel tower for a long time - these days they wouldn't think of parting with it.

spooky donkey · 23-01-2003 02:38AM

Well i voted for it and i havent even seen it yet!

I liked it so much I baught O`Connel Street!
Now where`s my monopoly board gone!

OLDYELLAR · 23-01-2003 10:59AM

personally i think its a waste of money , its very impressive etc etc , but jesus the money would of gone a long way to help all the poor homeless folk thst`l be sleeping around it tonight.

Hobbes · 23-01-2003 03:45PM

Originally posted by daveJAM
Apparantly it is the worlds tallest Sculpture.

Worlds tallest lamp post more like.

memphis · 23-01-2003 05:10PM

I heard an olde one on the news say that they should put Bertie sitting on the top of it, to be honest I'm in total agreement with her.

I think its a complete waste of money!!

Elmo · 23-01-2003 05:32PM

What's not to like about the lamp post.

Worlds tallest lamp post more like.

total agree hobbes

Elmo · 23-01-2003 05:37PM

no offence to the designer of the spike but the perivous holder of the highest sclupture was very similar. but then when you've seen one lamp post you've seen them all. Anyone up for a race to the top first one to touch the light is the winner, go on you know you want to.

Oh and what about a I don't care option on this one??????

CodeMonkey · 23-01-2003 06:41PM

The Spike isn't too bad looking but give it a week or 2 before the graffiti kiddies get to work. What boggles the mind is the cost of it. Someone told me it costs 46million euros to put up. I haven't checked up on it to confirm the cost but if it's anywhere near that figure than it's just a silly waste of money.

ozt9vdujny3srf · 23-01-2003 06:59PM

yes of COURSE it cost 46 million

go fetch me a glass hammer and some rubber nails.

maybe he said 4 to 6 million

4 mil is the figure i read in the times

oeNeo · 23-01-2003 06:59PM

46million? I think it was more like 4.6 million

El Marco · 23-01-2003 07:09PM

I heard 60 million

But maybe that was the total cost of doing up the street.

Dont be at yourself · 23-01-2003 07:56PM

I was told 100 bajillion, though it's possible I dreamt that.

It's nice enough, I suppose. It's kind of hard to get excited about a metal spike, but it's nice.

Gatekeeper · 24-01-2003 01:06PM

Could be an interesting alternative for punishing joyriders and the like. Instead of leaving them on Spike Island - leave them on the Spike - the sharp end - for a few weeks. See how they'd like it then. Let 'em have it up the Kaiber. Or is that going a bit beyond the (im)pale!!!

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