Your Seven Wonders

[PyroChamber]

If you could make your own list of seven wonders of the world, who or what would you have on the list?

 

[Darren Daring]

I would keep the same wonders. They've been teh 7 wonders for, like, 2500 years. It's a bit arrogant of me to go and chacnge them

 

[redmarvel]

Hmmm... I have no idea what's on the current list so here goes:

7. C.N. Tower
6. Mount Rushmore
5. Everest (highest mountain in the world)
4. The Angel, Salto Waterfall (tallest in the world)
3. The Grand Canyon
2. The Great Wall of China
1. The Internet / World Wide Web

 

[Hollow Wood Director]

If people were Seven Wonders then the ones I'd pick that are still alive today would be...

Stan Lee ( Comic Books / This Man Gave Us Some Of The Greatest Comic Book Characters Of All Time And If You Don't Give Respect To This Guy Then You Forfeit Your No-Prize Non Believer )

George Lucas ( Contribution To The Film Industry And The Use And Creation Of Pioneering Technologies/ Oh! And That Little Global Phenomenon Known As Star Wars )

Ian McKellan ( He's a Knight And A British Institution / He Raises The Quality Of Any Film )

Bjorn Borg ( One Of The Greatest Tennis Players That Has Ever Lived / Unbroken Wimbledon Record For Consecutive Wins )

Madonna ( This Material Girl Has Continually Changed With The Times & Is Still Going Strong With Her Music/ She Has Influenced A Whole New Generation Of Pop Girl Divas And Outlasted Them )

Tim Berners Lee ( If It Wasn't For This Guy We Wouldn't Be Talking On These Boards / This Man Invented The Internet And Gave It Away For Free For Everyone To Use )

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( For His Unwavering Devotion To Democracy And Equality / He Symbolizes The Triumph Of The Human Spirit Over Man's Inhumanity To Man / And He Helped Free South Africa From Apartheid )

 

[Lackey]

I would keep the same wonders. They've been teh 7 wonders for, like, 2500 years. It's a bit arrogant of me to go and chacnge them

yeah, Brodie is arrogant, but not quite that arrogant... changing the 7 wonders is like Kipobe-level arrogance.

 

[Darren Daring]

It's just indecent.

 

[redmarvel]

It's just indecent.

ahhh, but sometimes it's FUN to be indecent.

and in this case, things do change. I don't think the Internet is included in the 7 wonders of the world, and it really ought to be.

 

[Darren Daring]

You really scare me.

 

[Hollow Wood Director]

ahhh, but sometimes it's FUN to be indecent.

and in this case, things do change. I don't think the Internet is included in the 7 wonders of the world, and it really ought to be.

Should be divided into the following catergories...

7 Ancient Wonders Of The World

7 Natural Wonders Of The World

7 Man Made Wonders Of The World

7 Tecnologial Wonders Of The World

 

[redmarvel]

You really scare me.

*lol* t: I'm really quite harmless... after all, it's not like I know where you live or anything (at least as far as you know... )

 

[Darren Daring]

Why do you keep doing that?

 

[redmarvel]

Why do you keep doing that?

t: I've added a Spoiler to my sig... just for you.

 

[Darren Daring]

Is it just for the attention?

 

[redmarvel]

No, the Superherohype is my chance to make use of every innuendo I can think of... I used to be much worse (prior to pregnancy, being a mom changed me)... Don't believe me? Check page 3 onwards of the Guestion thread (no I did not mis-spell that the thread creator did)

 

[Darren Daring]

well, alright, that's understandable.

 

[Hades]

Redmarvel is going through a mid life crisis

 

[hippie_hunter]

Roman Colosseum
Great Wall of China
Taj Mahal
Eiffel Tower
Statue of Liberty
Hagia Sophia
Easter Island Statues

 

[November Rain]

7 wonders...

I'll have to pick seven categories and put something within to get an even spread

so what do we have

Beauty

Probably the head girl that was at my school, she would have been head girl when i was around 14/15. Without a doubt the prettiest person i have ever seen with my own two eyes, she was flawless. Everything from her demeanour, her voice, her presence. Literally a walking angel. Her name was Chembe, she was from Zambia, don't know what she is doing now but i hope that the world has been kind to her, knowing her she could probably do anything she set her mind to.

Music

Well for a single song, there are two that stand out. The first one is blackstreet's no diggity which i feel is arguably the best song released within my lifetime, it simply fits and has fitted with my daily routine since i can ever remember having one. It's always right and always sounds smooth and carries a certain class and slickness about it without being cliche.

The other is Montell Jordan's get it on tonite. This song basically glorifies cheating on your girlfriend/spouse which i am highly against BUT if it came on in a club and there was an opportunity on the dancefloor, i WOULD cheat on any relationship i'm in, even if i'm 60. IT'S THAT ENTICING. It's beat was also sampled (although i don't konw if it is a sample itself) by two other r n' b artists within a few years of its initial release, something that doesn't normally happen. only one other song comes to mind and that is Da Luniz' 'I got 5 on it' which is a classic but feels very dated (which is why it isn't on my list).

based on the fact i would go against a life of principles based on a song, i would have to give it to Montell Jordan's 'get it on tonite' as being my musical wonder.


Personal achievement

Well this one is kinda pending but it feels strange that by my 26th birthday, I will be a doctor.

but i wouldn't have gotten to that stage if i hadn't pulled my finger out in my last term of university. After being a lazy bastard for 3 2/3 years, i worked out in order to get a good degree, i needed a 70+ average in my last semester, which i had never gotten close to before. After moaning for a day, i decided to boldly go for it and worked my ****ing balls off like you would never believe BUT still managed to party harder than most people i know, if i wasn't getting pissed i was working or sleeping and that was my life. I pulled a 70.2 average and got myself a good enough degree to be 'offered' a summer job and pretty much any PhD i wanted (my supervisor said he'd happily take me on, no questions asked). it's one of my prouder moments showing i really do have the ability to do anything as long as i put my mind to it.

but yeah, tallied with the fact someone outthere will soon believe i have considerably know-how in my field sufficient to grant me my doctorate, i will have to say it's that.



Comic arc

Well Relevations is the first true time i read a comic and my heart stopped and i physically become emotional about what i was reading. My love, the reason i started collecting spidey seriously, Ben Reilly had been killed in a heroic manner none other than by spidey's greatest enemy the green goblin while his daughter had also been (apparently kidnapped).

Having joined the collecting scene just after aunt may's death, it was the first big hitting piece of news that i had gotten to see while withing continuity. I've gone back and read other classic spidey tales as TPB and carried on with continuity but nothing had stuck out in my mind more than that arc, complete and utter devastation. It was glorious.


Film

Well i would have to say Top Gun here, it really does define me to quite an extraordinary level. I simply wouldn't be where i am today without the influences of that film giving me a driving motivation to suceed in my chosen field which is Aerospace. I'll hav to throw in hotshots as well because they are basically the same film and it brings out the slightly random side of persona. Countless watches of these films, i think i'll still geek out over them when i'm 90 and have probably flown and realised it's incredibly unrealistic.



Sport

Without a doubt watching micheal johnson during the atlanta olympics, This guy is god on tarmac and i doubt his 400 is likely to be taken unless humanity make some serious advancements in sporting gear because physically, i don't think a human could travel that fast for the rest of the time we have on this planet.

Life

this basically goes out to anyone who finds themselves in a domestic situation where abuse is happening and they find the will power and the courage to leave it and find a better way for themselves. Having the strength of mind to do something like that isn't always easy and the chips aren't on your side, coming from a family where it hasn't happened means i am constantly reminded of the weakness that is in people to not do certain things about their predicament as they feel they've made their bed and they should lie in it.

So anyone who has made it out, I applaud them, personal notes go to an ex of mine who happened to do just this but did it while supporting three children. She had no qualifications but went back to school, did her A levels, passed with flying colours, went to uni (with her kids and with no support group already waiting), got her degree and is now doing what she wants working as a head teacher in a school.

so each and every person out there, I applaud you for having that strength.

 

[Outsiderzedge]

Should be divided into the following catergories...

7 Ancient Wonders Of The World

7 Natural Wonders Of The World

7 Man Made Wonders Of The World

7 Tecnologial Wonders Of The World

7 Ancient Wonders Of The World:
Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Temple of Artemis
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse of Alexandria

7 Natural Wonders Of The World:
Grand Canyon
Great Barrier Reef
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Mount Everest
Polar Aurora
Paricutín volcano
Victoria Falls

7 Man Made Wonders Of The World:
Channel Tunnel
CN Tower
Empire State Building
Golden Gate Bridge
Itaipu Dam
Delta Works
Panama Canal

7 Technological Wonders Of The World: ??
Wheel
Fire
Agriculture
Writing
Iron Working
Gunpowder
Fission

 

[ComicChick]

I would keep the same wonders. They've been teh 7 wonders for, like, 2500 years. It's a bit arrogant of me to go and chacnge them

i think the only one still standing today is the pyramids. theres a site, i dont know the link, where they're actually voting to change the list.

 

[Drakon]

"I wonder what's for dinner"

"I wonder how she cooks naked" [points for whoever gets the reference]

"I wonder wonder what's in a Wonderball"

"WONDAH WOMAAAAAAAAAUN!!!"

"Wonderbread..../drool"

"Wonderbra. Once it's off, you wonder where the boobies went."

"Wonder...Wonder...Wonder...WONDERCATS, HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

 

[Darren Daring]

i think the only one still standing today is the pyramids. theres a site, i dont know the link, where they're actually voting to change the list.

I know this.

 

[redmarvel]

Redmarvel is going through a mid life crisis

Heck no.

With modern medicine constantly improving and most folk living longer every decade there is no way to be certain what any one persons life span may be. I don't believe for a moment that I've reached my halfway point yet. Midlife crisis isn't in my vocabulary...

Sanity crisis on the other hand is quite possible, but I never claimed I was sane in the first place.

 

[tzarinna]

Roman Colosseum
Great Wall of China
Pyramids
Stonehenge
The Leaning Tower
Dun Aengus
Easter Island Statues

bonus
Book of Kells
my alcohol consumption

 

[Cаrter]

I've got one wonder - Me