Dude, Where's My Church?
I found this quite entertaining:
Orthodox officials in a central Russian region say an abandoned church building that was to be put back into use has been stolen by local villagers.
Orthodox priest Vitaly of the Ivanovo-Voskresenskaya diocese says officials last saw the two-story Church of Resurrection intact in late July. Sometime in early October, however, people from the nearby village of Komarovo, northeast of Moscow, dismantled the building, he said.
Villagers apparently sold it to a local businessman, one ruble (4 cents) per brick, Vitaly said.Source (http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/13/russia.church.stolen.ap/index.html)
People stealing a two story church... Reminds me of the Carmen Sandiego games from way back when.
Peepelonia
13-11-2008, 17:13
Meh now thats what I call recycling!
Heikoku 2
13-11-2008, 17:16
People stealing a two story church... Reminds me of the Carmen Sandiego games from way back when.
Yul B. Sorry did it! :D
Vault 10
13-11-2008, 17:20
Everything is bigger in Russia. Theft too. Why bother with bicycles?
The American Privateer
13-11-2008, 17:32
I wish someone had caught it on tape, that would be hilarious to watch...
Rambhutan
13-11-2008, 17:41
Has the makings of a horror film plot.
Has the makings of a horror film plot.
Zombie church bricks coming out of walls and collapsing buildings on unsuspecting people?
Peepelonia
13-11-2008, 17:49
Meh it's nowt that mankind hasn't been doing for thousands of years.
Lunatic Goofballs
13-11-2008, 18:09
Does it matter? God isn't exactly homeless. He has more houses than John McCain. ;)
Does it matter? God isn't exactly homeless. He has more houses than John McCain. ;)You're just trying to distract from the shame you feel for not thinking of it first.
And it's not working >=D
Not as impressive as the time some Russians stole a steel bridge. Now that takes dedication...
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2648931.html?menu=
This is better.
A church is one thing. I read about the bridge too. But this wins.
Heikoku 2
13-11-2008, 20:49
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2648931.html?menu=
This is better.
A church is one thing. I read about the bridge too. But this wins.
Yep. Yep it does.
Gauntleted Fist
13-11-2008, 21:31
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2648931.html?menu=
This is better.
A church is one thing. I read about the bridge too. But this wins.http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/political-pictures-stephen-colbert-epic-win.jpg
Yes!
It's only a matter of time before someone steals an entire town.
Lunatic Goofballs
13-11-2008, 22:21
You're just trying to distract from the shame you feel for not thinking of it first.
And it's not working >=D
:eek:
:(
Non Aligned States
14-11-2008, 16:32
:eek:
:(
There's only one thing you can do to regain your reputation LG. Steal the White House.
There's only one thing you can do to regain your reputation LG. Steal the White House.No! The Grand Canyon!
Non Aligned States
14-11-2008, 16:38
No! The Grand Canyon!
LG would just cheat and fill it with custard and declare the Grand Canyon "stolen". You can't do that with the White House.
LG would just cheat and fill it with custard and declare the Grand Canyon "stolen". You can't do that with the White House.If Carmen Sandiego could pull it off, so can LG.
Lunatic Goofballs
14-11-2008, 17:28
*plots to fill the White House with custard*
Mad hatters in jeans
14-11-2008, 21:46
See the Ruskies have the right idea!
Clearly the way to reduce recession involves selling All the financial buildings in all cities, then people make their own houses and their own profit.
And so it was that the Empire state building relocated to a small vineyard in Italy.
Non Aligned States
15-11-2008, 02:33
If Carmen Sandiego could pull it off, so can LG.
You see, the Grand Canyon is really just a big hole in the ground. Stealing the ground that makes up the hole just results in a bigger Grand Canyon. You've not stolen anything, just enlarged it.
Vault 10
15-11-2008, 02:42
You see, the Grand Canyon is really just a big hole in the ground. Stealing the ground that makes up the hole just results in a bigger Grand Canyon. You've not stolen anything, just enlarged it.
So it takes creativity to steal Grand Canyon.
For one, you could time travel to Magrathea and steal the part of plans involving the Grand Canyon - then there wouldn't be any hole, yet it would be a theft, though of intellectual property.
New Limacon
15-11-2008, 02:44
You see, the Grand Canyon is really just a big hole in the ground. Stealing the ground that makes up the hole just results in a bigger Grand Canyon. You've not stolen anything, just enlarged it.
Unless you steal so much land around it that the bottom of the Grand Canyon and all other land on Earth is at sea level. That would take some work though, to smooth out the rest of the world.
Come back when they're stolen a tectonic plate, then I'll be impressed.
South Lorenya
15-11-2008, 04:02
Come back when they're stolen a tectonic plate, then I'll be impressed.
((little do they know where I've stashed the Farallon Plate...))
Vault 10
15-11-2008, 04:14
Come back when they're stolen a tectonic plate, then I'll be impressed.
See the Russian underwater expedition to the North Pole.