Egyptians to Build Horrific, Monstrous Pyramid
1 Comments Published by Tom Gara on Thursday, May 22 at Thursday, May 22, 2008.
If there's a building more that looms more ominously over a skyline than the DeathSpire in Dubai then it has to be the downright Mordor'ish Ryugyong Hotel in Pyonyang:
But never fear, North Koreans, there is a nation of people with a historical ability to build enormous pointy structures as tribute to absolute rulers! And they are now open for business!
The Daily News Egypt reports Orascom Construction (part of Egypt's Orascom group) is going to begin work on completing the hotel. This is after Orascom Telecom signed a $400 million deal to build North Korea's first mobile network.
Reports that this is an attempt to gain experience in pyramid building in preparation for a major upcoming construction contract for the Great Leader Hosni Mubarak could not be confirmed at press time....
As the story goes (see wikipedia), the North Koreans started building what was intended on being the tallest hotel in the world almost 20 years ago. They stopped when the money ran out and the project got a little sketchy.
But never fear, North Koreans, there is a nation of people with a historical ability to build enormous pointy structures as tribute to absolute rulers! And they are now open for business!
The Daily News Egypt reports Orascom Construction (part of Egypt's Orascom group) is going to begin work on completing the hotel. This is after Orascom Telecom signed a $400 million deal to build North Korea's first mobile network.
Reports that this is an attempt to gain experience in pyramid building in preparation for a major upcoming construction contract for the Great Leader Hosni Mubarak could not be confirmed at press time....
I think it was meant to symbolize the stock market crash of 1929 or, in more macro terms, the fundamental flaws of capitalism.